Devs were productive only at the start of the project and slowed down to a crawl as things got more complex. ...and as your productivity declined, yo

Devs were productive only at the start of the project and slowed down to a crawl as things got more complex. ...and as your productivity declined, your manager thought you were a dolt or perhaps had some kind of drug problem that was interfering with your work. Because he saw how easy productivity was at the start ("look! you just draw a button with your mouse!") and couldn't understand why it quickly became a nightmare.