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I am prepared for the flaming but I have a serious question to ask. I was reading this "[^]" article and according to the section #1 I would be considered a "Career programmer". I am pretty good at what I do and I love programming, love my job, enjoy doing new things, wouldn't want to do anything else with my career but I don't do any programming out side of work. I seldom even turn on a computer when I am not at work. I occasionally read books on agile software practices but I don't do any non-work programming, and never have. I love to learn, but I learn about anything under the sun that interests me that week, not necessarily technology. Going with those thoughts what kind of a career am I headed for?
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I am prepared for the flaming but I have a serious question to ask. I was reading this "[^]" article and according to the section #1 I would be considered a "Career programmer". I am pretty good at what I do and I love programming, love my job, enjoy doing new things, wouldn't want to do anything else with my career but I don't do any programming out side of work. I seldom even turn on a computer when I am not at work. I occasionally read books on agile software practices but I don't do any non-work programming, and never have. I love to learn, but I learn about anything under the sun that interests me that week, not necessarily technology. Going with those thoughts what kind of a career am I headed for?
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amymarie3 wrote:
Going with those thoughts what kind of a career am I headed for?
A housewife...
"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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I am prepared for the flaming but I have a serious question to ask. I was reading this "[^]" article and according to the section #1 I would be considered a "Career programmer". I am pretty good at what I do and I love programming, love my job, enjoy doing new things, wouldn't want to do anything else with my career but I don't do any programming out side of work. I seldom even turn on a computer when I am not at work. I occasionally read books on agile software practices but I don't do any non-work programming, and never have. I love to learn, but I learn about anything under the sun that interests me that week, not necessarily technology. Going with those thoughts what kind of a career am I headed for?
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amymarie3 wrote:
I love to learn, but I learn about anything under the sun that interests me that week, not necessarily technology.
:shrug: If that means you're using your time at work to learn about programming subjects and your time away to learn the intricacies of [cooking|carpentry|beetle surgery], then i'm sure you're fine. You could probably discuss the pros and cons of various datastructures over a beer and be perfectly entertained. If it means that you avoid all programming topics when you aren't absolutely forced to think about them, then that's sad. You're spending your life working in a world of arbitrary rules and constructs, one for which you have no love or appreciation. If you're doing it because you haven't found anything better to do, then fine, but don't stop looking. As a programmer, programming should not be the only interest in your life. But it should be an interest. You wouldn't go to a doctor who was burned out on medicine, why should you hire a developer who doesn't like to program?
amymarie3 wrote:
Going with those thoughts what kind of a career am I headed for?
Beats me. Frankly, i've been asking myself that for half my life, and i'm no closer to an answer than i was when i started.
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I am prepared for the flaming but I have a serious question to ask. I was reading this "[^]" article and according to the section #1 I would be considered a "Career programmer". I am pretty good at what I do and I love programming, love my job, enjoy doing new things, wouldn't want to do anything else with my career but I don't do any programming out side of work. I seldom even turn on a computer when I am not at work. I occasionally read books on agile software practices but I don't do any non-work programming, and never have. I love to learn, but I learn about anything under the sun that interests me that week, not necessarily technology. Going with those thoughts what kind of a career am I headed for?
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Not at all. Having a life is a good thing! Marc
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I am prepared for the flaming but I have a serious question to ask. I was reading this "[^]" article and according to the section #1 I would be considered a "Career programmer". I am pretty good at what I do and I love programming, love my job, enjoy doing new things, wouldn't want to do anything else with my career but I don't do any programming out side of work. I seldom even turn on a computer when I am not at work. I occasionally read books on agile software practices but I don't do any non-work programming, and never have. I love to learn, but I learn about anything under the sun that interests me that week, not necessarily technology. Going with those thoughts what kind of a career am I headed for?
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amymarie3 wrote:
Going with those thoughts what kind of a career am I headed for?
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I am prepared for the flaming but I have a serious question to ask. I was reading this "[^]" article and according to the section #1 I would be considered a "Career programmer". I am pretty good at what I do and I love programming, love my job, enjoy doing new things, wouldn't want to do anything else with my career but I don't do any programming out side of work. I seldom even turn on a computer when I am not at work. I occasionally read books on agile software practices but I don't do any non-work programming, and never have. I love to learn, but I learn about anything under the sun that interests me that week, not necessarily technology. Going with those thoughts what kind of a career am I headed for?
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amymarie3 wrote:
Going with those thoughts what kind of a career am I headed for?
one with a home life. Programming as a hobby sometimes borders on obsession and when it crosses the line, programmers tend to be asocial. So having a life away from work is not a bad thing, having programming outside of work can good for extra training, or really, really bad for getting too closed into your own work. Work at home or not, either way can be good, either can be bad, it is what YOU do with it.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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amymarie3 wrote:
I love to learn, but I learn about anything under the sun that interests me that week, not necessarily technology.
:shrug: If that means you're using your time at work to learn about programming subjects and your time away to learn the intricacies of [cooking|carpentry|beetle surgery], then i'm sure you're fine. You could probably discuss the pros and cons of various datastructures over a beer and be perfectly entertained. If it means that you avoid all programming topics when you aren't absolutely forced to think about them, then that's sad. You're spending your life working in a world of arbitrary rules and constructs, one for which you have no love or appreciation. If you're doing it because you haven't found anything better to do, then fine, but don't stop looking. As a programmer, programming should not be the only interest in your life. But it should be an interest. You wouldn't go to a doctor who was burned out on medicine, why should you hire a developer who doesn't like to program?
amymarie3 wrote:
Going with those thoughts what kind of a career am I headed for?
Beats me. Frankly, i've been asking myself that for half my life, and i'm no closer to an answer than i was when i started.
Let's open a restaurant and do what we really love... EAT!!! :laugh:
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amymarie3 wrote:
I love to learn, but I learn about anything under the sun that interests me that week, not necessarily technology.
:shrug: If that means you're using your time at work to learn about programming subjects and your time away to learn the intricacies of [cooking|carpentry|beetle surgery], then i'm sure you're fine. You could probably discuss the pros and cons of various datastructures over a beer and be perfectly entertained. If it means that you avoid all programming topics when you aren't absolutely forced to think about them, then that's sad. You're spending your life working in a world of arbitrary rules and constructs, one for which you have no love or appreciation. If you're doing it because you haven't found anything better to do, then fine, but don't stop looking. As a programmer, programming should not be the only interest in your life. But it should be an interest. You wouldn't go to a doctor who was burned out on medicine, why should you hire a developer who doesn't like to program?
amymarie3 wrote:
Going with those thoughts what kind of a career am I headed for?
Beats me. Frankly, i've been asking myself that for half my life, and i'm no closer to an answer than i was when i started.
Listen, last time I talked to a woman about data structures and algorithms she stopped talking back. In fact, to be perfectly honest most people I meet, really do not want to know or understand what I do for a living. I just say I work with computers and the masses nod and understand and tell me about their cousin who does computers to.
Need a C# Consultant? I'm available.
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Listen, last time I talked to a woman about data structures and algorithms she stopped talking back. In fact, to be perfectly honest most people I meet, really do not want to know or understand what I do for a living. I just say I work with computers and the masses nod and understand and tell me about their cousin who does computers to.
Need a C# Consultant? I'm available.
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest HemingwayYup. None of those people would make good programmers. Because they just don't care. A lot of life is that way - most folks don't make good apple pickers because they don't know what a ripe apple looks like and don't care to learn. A lot of folks think vegetarian food tastes awful, because a lot of vegetarians cook for reasons other than the desire to eat good food. We're surrounded by people who think a good day's work means making it to 5:00 without getting fired - the concept of doing a job well just doesn't even rate. And oddly enough, the people who seem to spend the most time talking have the least to talk about because they never do anything new. I don't have an explanation for any of this.
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I am prepared for the flaming but I have a serious question to ask. I was reading this "[^]" article and according to the section #1 I would be considered a "Career programmer". I am pretty good at what I do and I love programming, love my job, enjoy doing new things, wouldn't want to do anything else with my career but I don't do any programming out side of work. I seldom even turn on a computer when I am not at work. I occasionally read books on agile software practices but I don't do any non-work programming, and never have. I love to learn, but I learn about anything under the sun that interests me that week, not necessarily technology. Going with those thoughts what kind of a career am I headed for?
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You may think you're pretty good at what you do, but are you really? Or are you merely proficient? Being good at something means more than you just do your job, and don't have any real complaints. You can look at any of 1000 artists and say most are proficient, but how many of them are really GOOD at painting? Or Music. Or any other craft, really. If your boss said to you "Ok, I'm moving you to another department, and you're going to have write Java (or COBOL or RPG or LISP or whatever you don't currently know anything about). How long would it take you to get up to speed? Would you require training?
amymarie3 wrote:
Going with those thoughts what kind of a career am I headed for?
Management?
-- Where are we going? And why am I in this handbasket?
