1. take the initiative, fix what you can, quickly and quietly. 2. practice emotional detachment 3. think of the work as manual labour 4. re/read people-ware 5.

1. take the initiative, fix what you can, quickly and quietly. 2. practice emotional detachment 3. think of the work as manual labour 4. re/read people-ware 5. this isn't personal 6. if you're good at it, see 1. 7. if you're not, look for the next job, where you can write code from scratch 8. what is the problem, really