





For C++ developers : Cite the number of rubber ducks that are destroyed in frustration.

: Cite the number of rubber ducks that are destroyed in frustration. For Java developers : Claim your processes as hungry dependents that drain you of resources.

: Claim your processes as hungry dependents that drain you of resources. For PHP developers : Submit the total number of used boxes of tissues (for the endless tears as victims of other developers’ taunts).

: Submit the total number of used boxes of tissues (for the endless tears as victims of other developers’ taunts). For JavaScript developers : Claim your two week vacation to the beach as a medical expense, since it was the only remedy for the insanity from debugging your latest project.

: Claim your two week vacation to the beach as a medical expense, since it was the only remedy for the insanity from debugging your latest project. For C# developers: If you’ve even spent one moment or penny with the developer program for the Windows App Store, declare that value as a capital loss of your soul.

Peter Bolton is the author of Blowing the Bridge: A Software Story and has also been known to be a grumpy bastard on occasion.