Enjoy error correction more than coding from scratch

Question

As I do my work more and more, I had a great opportunity to compile new projects from scratch. Almost every programmer I know really appreciates this opportunity.

But the further I go into it, the more I like bug fixing. In fact, if I can spend the whole day searching for a code, be it my or someone else's code, and find some strange error, I feel much more perfect than when I create the code. Does anyone else feel that way, and are there any benefits to working?

Answer 1

Maybe you should be a tester?

Answer 2

I certainly can tell. I think this happens to me because I am never satisfied with my own choice of code or design. Also, since I started working in QA, I never trust any code to work, of course, not mine.

I think TDD works very well with me when developing software, because once the testing method has been created, it shows that there is a “bug” and I will need to fix it.

Answer 3

At my last job, we had a candidate for a position that was exactly the same. We hired her and she did a great job with that. I think that an effective development team should have a good combination of people who prefer to do different things: Back Office dev, UI, Database, Bug Fixing, etc.

Answer 4

You are a sick person. Seek help immediately. :-) Seriously, you might want to take a look at working at QA / maintenance, although I don't know if this will be considered beneficial for your career.

Answer 5

It is interesting. I am the opposite way - I like to design and do things from scratch, working with other people.

I think it's great that some people like some things and others like others. The trick for the company is to hire people for a job that they really like. Thus, the benefits of working for you are that other people don’t like tasks like you. You have less competition.

Answer 6

It said that many developers spend about 50% of their time debugging instead of coding new things, so debugging skills are really that important, and you should think that in the end you will have to debug your own code, it's nice to see that you like it ... but this is something that I personally do not share with you =)

Personally, the longest and more disappointing hours that I spent in front of the computer were debugging, MAY be fun when you work with your own code or other code that was well-created (well-documented, correctly formatted, etc.). As Brian said, in a sense, you have the spirit of a tester =)