>is almost a rite of passage for programmers, it is incredibly fun and rewarding, Only when you are doing it for yourself or when it's a known undertaking. It

>is almost a rite of passage for programmers, it is incredibly fun and rewarding, Only when you are doing it for yourself or when it's a known undertaking. It can be very frustrating when you are integrating with some hardware and you are 99% complete and you've told everyone you are ready to ship and the last 1% is a surprise reverse protocol engineering project.