10 Signs You Need a Dose of Demotivation

1. "It works on my machine"

If this phrase leaves your mouth more than 3 times a week, we have a problem. The client won't access the site from your machine (unless you turn your laptop into a server, which, knowing you, is quite possible).

2. You think tests are a "waste of time"

"Why test if I know what I coded?" - said the dev 5 minutes before crashing the production database. Tests aren't there to prove you're right, they're there to prove that you will, invariably, be wrong.

3. Your Google history is just Stack Overflow

Don't get me wrong, everyone uses it. But if you need to search "how to declare variable in Python" after 3 years of experience, maybe it's time to rethink.

4. You believe the PM's deadline

Ah, sweet innocence. The PM says "just a little button", and you believe it will take 10 minutes. 3 days later, you're refactoring the entire architecture because the button needed a new hardcoded API.

5. You dream in code

That's not dedication, that's trauma. If you wake up sweating because you dreamt you forgot a semicolon, you need a vacation (or therapy).

6. "I'll comment later"

Spoiler: You won't. Nobody will. That piece of code will stay there, obscure and mysterious, like an Egyptian hieroglyph, until the day someone tries to touch it and curses your descendants.

7. Coffee has no effect anymore

If you drink 1 liter of coffee and the only effect is an eyelid twitch, your body has given up. You are powered by anxiety and blown deadlines now.

8. Git Push Force is your best friend

If resolving conflicts for you means deleting others' work and imposing your sovereign will on the repository, you're not a leader, you're a bad code dictator.

9. You think the user is stupid

The user isn't stupid, they are creative in the art of destroying your software. If your form allows typing a birthdate in the future and the system breaks, it's not the fault of the user born in 2099.

10. You are reading this

If you stopped coding to read 10 reasons to get demotivated, congratulations! You have already accepted your fate. Welcome to the club.