Programmers of the past
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and why do ducks float? :p
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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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Shog9 wrote:
Reading law is like finding worms in your Rice Krispies... for fun.
All right, dammit. Come over here and dig that disgusting image out of my head right now, mister. X|
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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?
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...architects?
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I definately would have been a composer. Probably a mediocre one, obsessed with the fact that another composer was so much more talented than I was. After many failed schemes to get ahead, It would finally be too much for me and I would scheme to kill... Oh wait, I saw that in a movie. Maybe I would have been a poor Irish stowaway on a large early 20th century cruise liner when it hits an Iceberg...
I would have been a hayseed kid on a desert planet run by gangster alien slugs...
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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 think they would be the 'same as they are now'.. Thinkers AND Have fun trying to to whatever comes to mind... It WAS MUCH easier with a Intel 4004! Well, except for the memory limits!
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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 what all of the men in my family have been: a craftsman. My ancestors have been machine operators, tool & die workers, made wooden cigar boxes, and there was probably a wheelwright in there somewhere (given my last name). Interesting; I just noticed that most of us have treated this as if you asked "What job would you have had in times before..." :)
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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[^]
Josh Smith wrote:
What roles in society do you think most of today's software developers would have occupied in times before the electronic computer existed?
In "the old days" sons usually followed in their father's footsteps. In which case I would have been a nurse working in an old people's home wiping sh*t up after incontinent people. Thank God computers _are_ around and we don't follow in their footsteps! :-D
Never argue with an imbecile; they bring you down to their level, and beat you with experience.
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I would have been what all of the men in my family have been: a craftsman. My ancestors have been machine operators, tool & die workers, made wooden cigar boxes, and there was probably a wheelwright in there somewhere (given my last name). Interesting; I just noticed that most of us have treated this as if you asked "What job would you have had in times before..." :)
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Interesting; I just noticed that most of us have treated this as if you asked "What job would you have had in times before..."
Yeah, I noticed that too. Very odd. There was a clearly worded spec, but the resultant product was way off base... ;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[^]
I'd probably have ended up in either medicine (which runs in my family) or coporate finance (my Dad made me promise never to become an accountant!).
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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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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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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[^]
Dead. That's what I'd be. There is so much about my body that is barely functional, that, if I was born 50 years earlier, I'd never have lived to be 50. (I'll turn 50 late this month...I hope:omg:) If my body would have survived, I might have been killed as a heretic, since I think so far outside the box so often.
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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
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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.
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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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Food debugging....sounds fun;P
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Not for Simba!
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They would have been Philosophers, which is to say they would have been BS artists (according to Mel Brooks -> History of the World Part I);P The whole "Did you BS today? No! Did you BS yesterday? No!", goes nicely with the Analysis and Design phase.
I never would have been an electrical engineer; I really don't like that stuff. I like figuring out how to write programs as well as numbers, logic puzzles, and Sudoku's, so I probably would have been some kind of financial analyst who did Sudoku's puzzles for fun. ~The Chad
Respectfully, Chad Johnson Tools Programmer
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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
Yeah me too... I have cooked in all kinds of places and put myself through college working at a steakhouse. I don't cook much these days though, not even for myself. If I do, it's cookies or candy or something like that. It wasn't a conscious decision though... it was the job that I could get, and then later I found out I liked it and progressed to higher positions. If I had the choice, I probably would have chosen something else.
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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've noticed that many programmers are also musicians. There seems to be a correlation between people good with math and an aptitude for music. Not true in my case, but then I never had the chance to take music lessons as a child. So, musicians or accountants seem likely professions. The part of programming I personnally enjoy is debugging. To me it's kinda like solving a good mystery before you get to the end of the book. So maybe I would have been a detective. In reality though, being female, prior to the 1950's, I would probably have been a stay at home mom.