The Average Developer
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I was sitting here, perusing some code, that preforms some banal task , on a friday evening, after getting home from work where for the past 8 hours I have been writng code that preforms some other banal tasks. When I realise I need to change my music thats playing away on my laptop, so I had to put down my guitar so I could get to keyboard and mouse again. Which this started me to wonder? What are the other developer's out there doing? So this is basically a poll to see what other developers taste in life are? what music do the guys listen too? Rock/Pop/Metal/punk/country/opera? whats the average day routine? What makes the dudes so crazy about coding?
"a fool will not learn from a wise man, but a wise man will learn from a fool" "The only thing worse than failure, is never having tried at all"
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I was sitting here, perusing some code, that preforms some banal task , on a friday evening, after getting home from work where for the past 8 hours I have been writng code that preforms some other banal tasks. When I realise I need to change my music thats playing away on my laptop, so I had to put down my guitar so I could get to keyboard and mouse again. Which this started me to wonder? What are the other developer's out there doing? So this is basically a poll to see what other developers taste in life are? what music do the guys listen too? Rock/Pop/Metal/punk/country/opera? whats the average day routine? What makes the dudes so crazy about coding?
"a fool will not learn from a wise man, but a wise man will learn from a fool" "The only thing worse than failure, is never having tried at all"
I just celebrated my fiftieth year as a coder. And just about every year I had to learn something new -- and often a new language (yes I started before Fortran). Why I get a kick out of doing it I don't know myself. There is a great deal of satisfaction in getting something to work, sometimes just a little program that provides some information, sometimes getting a factory running. Maybe it is addictive. You won't be surprised to know that I enjoy classical music (as my son says - yeah, back then that's all you had). My daily routine is chaos - is there another way? :-D
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I was sitting here, perusing some code, that preforms some banal task , on a friday evening, after getting home from work where for the past 8 hours I have been writng code that preforms some other banal tasks. When I realise I need to change my music thats playing away on my laptop, so I had to put down my guitar so I could get to keyboard and mouse again. Which this started me to wonder? What are the other developer's out there doing? So this is basically a poll to see what other developers taste in life are? what music do the guys listen too? Rock/Pop/Metal/punk/country/opera? whats the average day routine? What makes the dudes so crazy about coding?
"a fool will not learn from a wise man, but a wise man will learn from a fool" "The only thing worse than failure, is never having tried at all"
I'm eating scrambled eggs, fried bell peppers, bacon, and toast. Listening to an interesting rendition [^]of Catfish Blues on the radio. Debugging an Atom feed processor.
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I was sitting here, perusing some code, that preforms some banal task , on a friday evening, after getting home from work where for the past 8 hours I have been writng code that preforms some other banal tasks. When I realise I need to change my music thats playing away on my laptop, so I had to put down my guitar so I could get to keyboard and mouse again. Which this started me to wonder? What are the other developer's out there doing? So this is basically a poll to see what other developers taste in life are? what music do the guys listen too? Rock/Pop/Metal/punk/country/opera? whats the average day routine? What makes the dudes so crazy about coding?
"a fool will not learn from a wise man, but a wise man will learn from a fool" "The only thing worse than failure, is never having tried at all"
Right now, generating a report that shows comparative numbers for 7 different sites for maintenance key performance indicators, then e-mailing it to someone who cares... Shortly thereafter, going home early to prepare for my daughters birthday cookout tonight. But, generally, think about code and coding techniques; when watching television, think about the application behind the devices used... annoy the dickens out of my wife because I don't stop thinking about work... And listen to contempary Christian music. Have a good weekend, all! Tim
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I was sitting here, perusing some code, that preforms some banal task , on a friday evening, after getting home from work where for the past 8 hours I have been writng code that preforms some other banal tasks. When I realise I need to change my music thats playing away on my laptop, so I had to put down my guitar so I could get to keyboard and mouse again. Which this started me to wonder? What are the other developer's out there doing? So this is basically a poll to see what other developers taste in life are? what music do the guys listen too? Rock/Pop/Metal/punk/country/opera? whats the average day routine? What makes the dudes so crazy about coding?
"a fool will not learn from a wise man, but a wise man will learn from a fool" "The only thing worse than failure, is never having tried at all"
cykophysh39 wrote:
what music do the guys listen too?
every monday i post my iPod's first ten random choices. that's as specific as i can get.
cykophysh39 wrote:
whats the average day routine?
alarm 6:45. cat jumps on me as soon as the alrm goes off. walk to the bathroom, take some pills. cat follows. walk to our 'office', turn on my PC. cat follows. walk downstairs, let the cat onto the back porch. put food in cat bowl. put me food in my bowl. back to the office to read emails. cat follows ten minutes later, demands attention. 7:45, open the window, let the cat sit on the sill and watch birds. take a shower, get dressed, watch the weather channel, curse at the inanity. out the door by 8:30 at work by 9:00. clean my tea cup. start firefox. should i go on?
cykophysh39 wrote:
What makes the dudes so crazy about coding?
the hot hot chicks.
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I was sitting here, perusing some code, that preforms some banal task , on a friday evening, after getting home from work where for the past 8 hours I have been writng code that preforms some other banal tasks. When I realise I need to change my music thats playing away on my laptop, so I had to put down my guitar so I could get to keyboard and mouse again. Which this started me to wonder? What are the other developer's out there doing? So this is basically a poll to see what other developers taste in life are? what music do the guys listen too? Rock/Pop/Metal/punk/country/opera? whats the average day routine? What makes the dudes so crazy about coding?
"a fool will not learn from a wise man, but a wise man will learn from a fool" "The only thing worse than failure, is never having tried at all"
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I was sitting here, perusing some code, that preforms some banal task , on a friday evening, after getting home from work where for the past 8 hours I have been writng code that preforms some other banal tasks. When I realise I need to change my music thats playing away on my laptop, so I had to put down my guitar so I could get to keyboard and mouse again. Which this started me to wonder? What are the other developer's out there doing? So this is basically a poll to see what other developers taste in life are? what music do the guys listen too? Rock/Pop/Metal/punk/country/opera? whats the average day routine? What makes the dudes so crazy about coding?
"a fool will not learn from a wise man, but a wise man will learn from a fool" "The only thing worse than failure, is never having tried at all"
Personally, I think coding is fun and interesting, but I could easily leave work at 5 on Friday and not think about programming until I'm getting ready for work again on Monday morning. I go through periods where I'm more interested in improving my skills than others, but I enjoy other things as well. Hiking, cycling, geocaching, working in the yard, going out with friends, reading up on whatever has currently piqued my curiosity, visiting with family. I mostly listen to hard rock, metal, jazz, blues, techno, and classical, but like old hip-hop, punk, new age, 80's and classic rock. I'm listening to John Mayer's newest CD and Everclear today.
BW
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
-- Steven Wright -
cykophysh39 wrote:
what music do the guys listen too?
every monday i post my iPod's first ten random choices. that's as specific as i can get.
cykophysh39 wrote:
whats the average day routine?
alarm 6:45. cat jumps on me as soon as the alrm goes off. walk to the bathroom, take some pills. cat follows. walk to our 'office', turn on my PC. cat follows. walk downstairs, let the cat onto the back porch. put food in cat bowl. put me food in my bowl. back to the office to read emails. cat follows ten minutes later, demands attention. 7:45, open the window, let the cat sit on the sill and watch birds. take a shower, get dressed, watch the weather channel, curse at the inanity. out the door by 8:30 at work by 9:00. clean my tea cup. start firefox. should i go on?
cykophysh39 wrote:
What makes the dudes so crazy about coding?
the hot hot chicks.
Chris Losinger wrote:
should i go on?
Thank you, no that was fine and interesting "as is". Though, when you mention "me food", I was curious if that was cereal, and if so, which kind do you find most appealing?
Chris Losinger wrote:
the hot hot chicks.
:-D
BW
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
-- Steven Wright -
Chris Losinger wrote:
should i go on?
Thank you, no that was fine and interesting "as is". Though, when you mention "me food", I was curious if that was cereal, and if so, which kind do you find most appealing?
Chris Losinger wrote:
the hot hot chicks.
:-D
BW
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
-- Steven Wrightbrianwelsch wrote:
I was curious if that was cereal, and if so, which kind do you find most appealing?
cereal, yup. no one favorite. like beer, i try to buy a different kind each time. this time it's Fruity Cheerios (which are new, and taste like Froot Loops, but are made from Cheerios not from that crunchy corn stuff that Froot Loops are made of - so there's at least the suggestion that they're better for me than Froot Loops - i didn't check). there's also a box of Berry Blast Cheerios waiting. i used to be into Honeycomb and Apple Jacks, but i try to avoid the pure sugar kinds now that i'm all old and stuff. you?
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I was sitting here, perusing some code, that preforms some banal task , on a friday evening, after getting home from work where for the past 8 hours I have been writng code that preforms some other banal tasks. When I realise I need to change my music thats playing away on my laptop, so I had to put down my guitar so I could get to keyboard and mouse again. Which this started me to wonder? What are the other developer's out there doing? So this is basically a poll to see what other developers taste in life are? what music do the guys listen too? Rock/Pop/Metal/punk/country/opera? whats the average day routine? What makes the dudes so crazy about coding?
"a fool will not learn from a wise man, but a wise man will learn from a fool" "The only thing worse than failure, is never having tried at all"
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I was sitting here, perusing some code, that preforms some banal task , on a friday evening, after getting home from work where for the past 8 hours I have been writng code that preforms some other banal tasks. When I realise I need to change my music thats playing away on my laptop, so I had to put down my guitar so I could get to keyboard and mouse again. Which this started me to wonder? What are the other developer's out there doing? So this is basically a poll to see what other developers taste in life are? what music do the guys listen too? Rock/Pop/Metal/punk/country/opera? whats the average day routine? What makes the dudes so crazy about coding?
"a fool will not learn from a wise man, but a wise man will learn from a fool" "The only thing worse than failure, is never having tried at all"
Sitting in a portuguese internet cafe, perusing a problem with some core code I somehow "inherited", knowing that I can wash away all buggy thoughts with a glass of port under the chestnut trees, or a walk to the cathedral hill, or both, anytime I want. Travel rocks my world.
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brianwelsch wrote:
I was curious if that was cereal, and if so, which kind do you find most appealing?
cereal, yup. no one favorite. like beer, i try to buy a different kind each time. this time it's Fruity Cheerios (which are new, and taste like Froot Loops, but are made from Cheerios not from that crunchy corn stuff that Froot Loops are made of - so there's at least the suggestion that they're better for me than Froot Loops - i didn't check). there's also a box of Berry Blast Cheerios waiting. i used to be into Honeycomb and Apple Jacks, but i try to avoid the pure sugar kinds now that i'm all old and stuff. you?
I was eying the Fruity Os last time I was shopping. I usually go for some kind of low-fat granola or whole wheat flakes with raisins and/or nuts. Kashi has some good stuff, especially their Blueberry Oat Surprise (I forget the real name of it). I'll still grab a box of Cap'n Crunch once in a blue moon. It cuts the hell out of the roof of my mouth, but I get masochistic like that sometimes. I still pine for the milk that's left after a bowl of Apple Jacks sometimes though. Especially from the last bowl, when you get all the powdered sugar that settled to the bottom of the box.
BW
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
-- Steven Wright -
cykophysh39 wrote:
what music do the guys listen too?
every monday i post my iPod's first ten random choices. that's as specific as i can get.
cykophysh39 wrote:
whats the average day routine?
alarm 6:45. cat jumps on me as soon as the alrm goes off. walk to the bathroom, take some pills. cat follows. walk to our 'office', turn on my PC. cat follows. walk downstairs, let the cat onto the back porch. put food in cat bowl. put me food in my bowl. back to the office to read emails. cat follows ten minutes later, demands attention. 7:45, open the window, let the cat sit on the sill and watch birds. take a shower, get dressed, watch the weather channel, curse at the inanity. out the door by 8:30 at work by 9:00. clean my tea cup. start firefox. should i go on?
cykophysh39 wrote:
What makes the dudes so crazy about coding?
the hot hot chicks.
Chris Losinger wrote:
out the door by 8:30
I'm guessing the cat would follow you to work if you let it :)
Chris Losinger wrote:
the hot hot chicks.
What a coincedence, me too. So your first job was a pr0n site too? :laugh:
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I was sitting here, perusing some code, that preforms some banal task , on a friday evening, after getting home from work where for the past 8 hours I have been writng code that preforms some other banal tasks. When I realise I need to change my music thats playing away on my laptop, so I had to put down my guitar so I could get to keyboard and mouse again. Which this started me to wonder? What are the other developer's out there doing? So this is basically a poll to see what other developers taste in life are? what music do the guys listen too? Rock/Pop/Metal/punk/country/opera? whats the average day routine? What makes the dudes so crazy about coding?
"a fool will not learn from a wise man, but a wise man will learn from a fool" "The only thing worse than failure, is never having tried at all"
cykophysh39 wrote:
change my music thats playing away on my laptop, so I had to put down my guitar
:confused: do you play the guitar along to music playing on your PC? I'd dig to be able to play the intro part of Nirvana's Smells like teen spirit.
cykophysh39 wrote:
what music
Mostly rock. Latest album: Breaking Benjamin - Phobia (4 stars)
cykophysh39 wrote:
crazy about coding
Constant challenges. Quite an easy way to make a living.
"For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza
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