What do you hate most about being a developer?

My current position requires that I "wear a lot of hats", which is a stereotype of all small companies or startups.

Personally, it is one of the worst situations I've been in because I can't focus. It takes a TON of mental energy to be the

product manager
product owner
designer
tech lead
developer
QA
ops team
customer

all at the same time.

I had to institute firefighting shifts (assign someone different to take all the incoming) each week to get any significant heads down time solving problems.

The worst thing is when most of your work just goes out into the void with no feedback.

"Oh you spent a month building this feature, well once it's launched no one is going to say anything about it ever again. Thanks"

Software developer is the only job that:

• Makes you look smart and dumb at the same time
• The project is not working and you don't know why and the project is working and you don't know why
• People quarrelling over which tools is the best and to use when they are... just a tool

On a bright side, software developer is also the only job that:

• Anyone can learn and get a job that pays well regardless of your background (age, sex, race, nationality, education, work experience, etc.)
• Potential of making money in other areas like freelancing, consulting, starting a tech business, teaching online and much, much more! - you are not limited to a job
• People will stop at nothing to help you succeed in your work/study

You might enjoy this guy's channel (if you haven't seen it already):

youtube.com/user/Tychos1/videos

My favorite thing ALWAYS is persisting through the Valley of Despair to make something work.

Sometimes it takes a week, sometimes an hour. But, that feeling is like you are ON TOP OF THE WORLD!

Mostly how much it seems to reveal my own stupidity and poor time management, and the struggles of control over technology to the detriment of the technology itself.