Programmers of the past
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What roles in society do you think most of today's software developers would have occupied in times before the electronic computer existed?
:josh: My WPF Blog[^]
We would be like Bob Cratchit in Scrooge's shop. Check out the similarities: Crachit had to remind Scrooge to pay him. Anyone who is a consultant, knows this process very well. :wtf: Crachit had to basically beg Scrooge to put a log on the fire. How many have froze in a data center? Crachit never had a vacation. Do you remember the last time you got vacation. If so, do you remember the last one that you took without your boss trying to make you feel guilty of leaving your coworkers to fend for themselves. That's only the beginning.
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I would very likely have been a lawyer. I am something of a pedant and stickler for technicalities. I was inspired in high school when I read Dickens' David Copperfield, and the firm of proctors he joined. We lived in proctor street at the time, and it seemed a little like a message to me. Stupidly I allowed myself to be dissuaded by a friend who tried studying law after school, and I took up something I knew a lot about and was interesting. Now that I am studying law, I cannot see how anyone can find anything boring about it.
Brady Kelly wrote:
I cannot see how anyone can find anything boring about it.
Boring? Donno 'bout that. Chilling? Yeah. Reading law is like finding worms in your Rice Krispies... for fun. :~
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It appears that everybody is under the impression that I approve of the documentation. You probably also blame Ken Burns for supporting slavery.
--Raymond Chen on MSDN
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What roles in society do you think most of today's software developers would have occupied in times before the electronic computer existed?
:josh: My WPF Blog[^]
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We would be like Bob Cratchit in Scrooge's shop. Check out the similarities: Crachit had to remind Scrooge to pay him. Anyone who is a consultant, knows this process very well. :wtf: Crachit had to basically beg Scrooge to put a log on the fire. How many have froze in a data center? Crachit never had a vacation. Do you remember the last time you got vacation. If so, do you remember the last one that you took without your boss trying to make you feel guilty of leaving your coworkers to fend for themselves. That's only the beginning.
Ed, It sounds like you need to find a better employer!
:josh: My WPF Blog[^]
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An accountant. And daily I would wish for death.
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It appears that everybody is under the impression that I approve of the documentation. You probably also blame Ken Burns for supporting slavery.
--Raymond Chen on MSDN
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We would be like Bob Cratchit in Scrooge's shop. Check out the similarities: Crachit had to remind Scrooge to pay him. Anyone who is a consultant, knows this process very well. :wtf: Crachit had to basically beg Scrooge to put a log on the fire. How many have froze in a data center? Crachit never had a vacation. Do you remember the last time you got vacation. If so, do you remember the last one that you took without your boss trying to make you feel guilty of leaving your coworkers to fend for themselves. That's only the beginning.
ednrgc wrote:
Do you remember the last time you got vacation. If so, do you remember the last one that you took without your boss trying to make you feel guilty of leaving your coworkers to fend for themselves.
End of this past July. I had a week or so off between jobs, so I didn't feel guilty or beholden to anyone. Best vacay I've had in years! :)
Jon Sagara Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. -- Unknown Blog | Site | Articles
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ednrgc wrote:
Do you remember the last time you got vacation. If so, do you remember the last one that you took without your boss trying to make you feel guilty of leaving your coworkers to fend for themselves.
End of this past July. I had a week or so off between jobs, so I didn't feel guilty or beholden to anyone. Best vacay I've had in years! :)
Jon Sagara Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. -- Unknown Blog | Site | Articles
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What roles in society do you think most of today's software developers would have occupied in times before the electronic computer existed?
:josh: My WPF Blog[^]
I would have been a gigolo, or a fireman.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
What roles in society do you think most of today's software developers would have occupied in times before the electronic computer existed?
:josh: My WPF Blog[^]
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I would have been a gigolo, or a fireman.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
Jon Sagara wrote:
a duck
She is a witch !
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and why do ducks float? :p
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What roles in society do you think most of today's software developers would have occupied in times before the electronic computer existed?
:josh: My WPF Blog[^]
Well I would have just invented the damn things!!! I mean, if the Ancient Greeks[^] could do it, how hard can it be?
¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! Techno Silliness
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Me, too! My family is continually having to assist me in debugging the culinary code that I create.
Food debugging....sounds fun;P
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What roles in society do you think most of today's software developers would have occupied in times before the electronic computer existed?
:josh: My WPF Blog[^]
Chimney sweep! We can get surrounded in our work, we don't have to keep clean, and we don't have to talk to people, being the anti-social people we are! Chimney sweeps unite! ;)
Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. I'm currently blogging about: The Lord's Prayer in Aramaic song (audio) The apostle Paul, modernly speaking: Epistles of Paul Judah Himango
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chef ( as in a restaurant chef ) why ? Because a developing a recipe is like developing a program, one must find a "solution" to a "problem", abstracted to the actual running or cooking of the recipe which is cooked by a cook. A recipe is the source code and the cook ( and the kitchen ) is the compiler and computer. and remember, garbage in garbage out apply.
Maximilien Lincourt Your Head A Splode - Strong Bad
I used to be a professional Chef and now I'm a programmer - evolution in action?
Rhys A cult is a religion with no political power. Tom Wolfe Behind every argument is someone's ignorance. Louis D. Brandeis
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town drunk - like Otis on the Andy Griffith show ? mad scientist ? telemarketer! faith healer! numismatist! wild-eyed anarchist! pugilist! bovine insemination technician! investigative frotteurist! super-villain! -- modified at 10:18 Thursday 1st March, 2007
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Chris Losinger wrote:
super-villain!
Yep, that's me. Lucky you guys that I grew up with computers, otherwise I would've started nuke wars, and burnt off the atmosphere 10 times by now. \m/
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Chimney sweep! We can get surrounded in our work, we don't have to keep clean, and we don't have to talk to people, being the anti-social people we are! Chimney sweeps unite! ;)
Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. I'm currently blogging about: The Lord's Prayer in Aramaic song (audio) The apostle Paul, modernly speaking: Epistles of Paul Judah Himango
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I used to be a professional Chef and now I'm a programmer - evolution in action?
Rhys A cult is a religion with no political power. Tom Wolfe Behind every argument is someone's ignorance. Louis D. Brandeis
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What roles in society do you think most of today's software developers would have occupied in times before the electronic computer existed?
:josh: My WPF Blog[^]
Well I wanted to be an architect, but didn't get the necessary entrance scores. I think most programmers have a desire to build things, and most like to look back and say 'hey thats neat' when they are finished. So my answer : builders, artists, something like that. Actually I wish I was an 18th century economics student studying under Adam Smith. Now that would have been fun and guaranteed a dame or two at a party. Those guys were radicals at the time. Of course I would like the hindsight of 2 more centuries of economic thought to take back with me. But I guess if you're going to take future knowledge back into the past, who can go past being a stock speculator? I could have made a fortune in the South Sea bubble and come up with Ricardian comparative advantage theory.
Bruce Chapman iFinity.com.au - Websites and Software Development Plithy remark available in Beta 2
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What roles in society do you think most of today's software developers would have occupied in times before the electronic computer existed?
:josh: My WPF Blog[^]
I could have been * a maths teacher * a foreign languages teacher/translator/interpreter, or something in that domain * musician * accountant/computer
"Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes." - Edsger Dijkstra