It certainly takes a certain kind of personality to do it professionally, that's for sure. Many of us are indeed masochists on some level 🤣

Here's my hint of the day about debugging failed compilations - only pay attention to the first error mentioned, as often times the first error results in the code on subsequent lines being interpreted as incorrect, and so isn't necessarily wrong. I call these "phantom errors" because once you solve the first error, the phantoms disappear on the next compile. Of course, it's possible for there to be multiple legitimate errors at the same time, but always focus on the first one. I've seen people obsess over fixing every error mentioned before trying to recompile, and tie themselves up in knots for hours on end over things that aren't actually problems.