Repetitive Stress Injuries. They make the entirety of the job, hell. Trying to get worker's compensation and physical therapy has been hell. I used to enjoy pro

Repetitive Stress Injuries. They make the entirety of the job, hell. Trying to get worker's compensation and physical therapy has been hell. I used to enjoy programming, like many here. Now, I mostly think about how to minimize typing and trackpadding, while keeping my posture proper and taking breaks every hour. As you can imagine, this does not lead to amazing amounts of productivity as it takes me about an hour to get into the proper mindset to code most days. I work from home, however, so I'm still more productive than anyone in the office. I long for the day when voice recognition becomes decent for people with accents so I can code with my voice like my American coworkers. Right now, the detection rate in a silent room with a very good mic is around 50% on a good day, so it's mostly useless. Yeah, there's shitty tooling, horrible boilerplate all over the place, stupid features to add, and all kinds of shit like that, and all that stuff sucks a million times worse with every single keystroke or tap. I'm still in my 30's too. I just can't imagine doing this shit for another 30 to 40 years or more. I wake up in pain, I go to sleep in pain, and I feel pain from RSI during my sleep as well as most of my days, sometimes including weekends. And on top of all that shit, I still have to think through solutions and program. If I could do anything else and still make a decent living, I would, but I see no other options.