{"id":15495,"date":"2017-02-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.toggl.com\/seven-levels-developer-hell\/"},"modified":"2024-06-12T06:29:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T06:29:29","slug":"seven-levels-developer-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toggl.com\/blog\/seven-levels-developer-hell","title":{"rendered":"The Seven Circles of Developer Hell [Infographic]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Software development\u00a0is a special kind of a nightmare. The kind that you wish you could wake up from, but can\u2019t, because code is money and money is life.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We asked our\u00a0Toggl developers to describe their personal hell. After much screaming and hyperventilating, we ended up with this 7 circles of developer hell:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9490 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/toggl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/7-circles-of-developer-hell-toggl-infographic-02.jpg\" alt=\"7 Circles of Developer Hell - A Toggl Infographic\" width=\"800\" height=\"3809\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is yet another infographic by the Toggl Goon Squad \u2013 the developers behind the <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/toggl.com\/track\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Toggl time tracking app.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Toggl, by the way,\u00a0is a tool for showing your boss that yes, it really does take 2 hours to find that damn missing semicolon.<\/p>\n<h1>Hah\u00a0\u2013 how much time did you spend on this?<\/h1>\n<p>Way, way too much.<\/p>\n<p>If you liked it, you might enjoy some of the other pieces we\u2019ve done in the past \u2013 like <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/toggl.com\/blog\/lightbulb-cartoon-developers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">explaining tech jobs with a simple lightbulb<\/a>. Or another epic piece about <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/toggl.com\/track\/programming-princess\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how to save the princess using different programming languages.<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Nice but\u2026 shouldn\u2019t you be working on your app?<\/h1>\n<p>Nonsense. Everybody knows that once coded, software basically maintains itself.<\/p>\n<p>But actually, we rather enjoy the occasional break from serious work to point out the pain points in the biz with some brightly coloured images.<\/p>\n<p>Software development is hell, and any ray of light is appreciated. It\u2019s also the reason why we like working on Toggl \u2013 it\u2019s great for fending off attacks from\u00a0pesky clients and managers at bay. <em>With data.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll also keep doing these comics, so keep an eye on our <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/toggl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> or <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/toggl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> if you want to catch them early.<\/p>\n<p>Also, if you have any ideas for the next one, or if you think our Developer Hell is missing something, drop a line where it says \u201cComments\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Software development\u00a0is a special kind of a nightmare. 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