What frustrates you the most at your current workplace?

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Published on 2008-10-10T12:01:43Z Indexed on 2010/05/26 11:31 UTC
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Do you know these moments when you:

stopped laughing at Dilbert, because you realize its true
spent evenings completing a project that never went into production
when requirements are blurry but the schedule is not

There are so many factors that can frustrate developer and hinder him from being productive.

What factors do you experience at your current workplace?

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What Makes you lose motivation?

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