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VBA is joyless. I started my career as VBA dev. It was the shitiest job I've ever had and worst job I can imagine to do. Bloated unreliable with disgusting API

VBA is joyless. I started my career as VBA dev. It was the shitiest job I've ever had and worst job I can imagine to do. Bloated unreliable with disgusting API (like try catching for contains method on collection).

glhaynes 12y ago
worst job I can imagine to do Come on.
- tkubacki 12y ago
  ok - worst dev job. I still feel pain looking at ugly VB syntax
Devthrowaway80 12y ago
I had a job in university that involved picking up 20-foot-long sections of freshly sawn lumber (some of which weighed well over a hundred pounds) off of a moving set of chains and placing them in bins. That's it, for a 10 hour shift. VBA sucks, but come on, there are worse jobs out there.
- frozenport 12y ago
  You probably got ripped, what did the VBA guy get? Carpel tunnel, ocular cancer, and brain damage.
- 300bps 12y ago
  My first job (at 14) was a dishwasher. Not as bad as yours by the sound of it, but it was filthy and disgusting and I got paid $3.35 per hour. Having that job put all my programming jobs in perspective. To preserve that I have a picture of a dude in a coal mine by my phone at work. Any time I'm asked to submit a pointless form, I think of that guy. I don't do this to shame myself but rather to put my work problems into perspective which helps me.
  - zmonkeyz 12y ago
    Yeah i worked in a perfume factory for a summer when I was 19. I often think back to that when I feel stressed at work.
- molsongolden 12y ago
  I'd probably take the lumber job. Lots of time to think and built in exercise.
NamTaf 12y ago
Expand your worldview: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Worst_Jobs_in_History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Worst_Jobs_in_History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Jobs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Jobs
kschua 12y ago
I have done VBA before. It is not the worst. The worst was maintaining a Hotel front office guest system written in GW-Basic

glhaynes 12y ago

worst job I can imagine to do Come on.

tkubacki 12y ago
ok - worst dev job. I still feel pain looking at ugly VB syntax

Devthrowaway80 12y ago

I had a job in university that involved picking up 20-foot-long sections of freshly sawn lumber (some of which weighed well over a hundred pounds) off of a moving set of chains and placing them in bins. That's it, for a 10 hour shift. VBA sucks, but come on, there are worse jobs out there.

frozenport 12y ago
You probably got ripped, what did the VBA guy get? Carpel tunnel, ocular cancer, and brain damage.
300bps 12y ago
My first job (at 14) was a dishwasher. Not as bad as yours by the sound of it, but it was filthy and disgusting and I got paid $3.35 per hour. Having that job put all my programming jobs in perspective. To preserve that I have a picture of a dude in a coal mine by my phone at work. Any time I'm asked to submit a pointless form, I think of that guy. I don't do this to shame myself but rather to put my work problems into perspective which helps me.
- zmonkeyz 12y ago
  Yeah i worked in a perfume factory for a summer when I was 19. I often think back to that when I feel stressed at work.
molsongolden 12y ago
I'd probably take the lumber job. Lots of time to think and built in exercise.

NamTaf 12y ago

Expand your worldview: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Worst_Jobs_in_History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Worst_Jobs_in_History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Jobs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Jobs

kschua 12y ago

I have done VBA before. It is not the worst. The worst was maintaining a Hotel front office guest system written in GW-Basic