Donuts would make my job 2% more awesome. Combined with a DBA, sysadmin, and network engineer it would make a 100%.

Another 100% of awesome would be if I could delegate end user support to someone. :)

[quote post=”1683″]This would make my job like 98% more awesome[/quote]
What would it take to make it 100% more awesome?
Donuts?

Oh man… I wish I had a DBA, a real sysadmin and a network engineer at hand. This would make my job like 98% more awesome. :)

I agree, more brains = better code.

unfortunately for me im the Technical Director at a small agency. I have NO OTHER F/T developers and besides my daily tasks of co-ordinating project tasks with PM’s, monitoring live sites, consulting with clients, etc. i have to develop (or at least architect) the vast majority of all our projects. Every day i beg for a FT programmer. But not just a junior programmer i want someone who can literally kick my ass at programming. Sometimes i feel like im never learning anything new and just falling into old patterns that are more than likely not “Best practices”
However Deadlines are always the determining factor.

That being said i do have some extremely brilliant sub-contractors, who over the course of my career have helped teach me. Unfortunately most sub-contactors do not like to work at the office, they prefer to work from their offices or at their homes (understandable), but reading nightly builds helps me learn.

OH TO HAVE A FT PROGRAMMER!
(PLUS DBA, PLUS SERVER GOD, PLUS [INSERT IT ROLE HERE])

mcm

I can’t imagine being the sole developer at a company. I find that I work best when I can constantly interact with other developers. Being able to toss ideas out at other developers who will most likely approach a problem in a different manner is invaluable. Of course, all of this is dependent on whether you can take criticism or not. If you don’t like people telling you that your idea isn’t the best or that your code sucks, a team environment is not for you.