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  • W wolfbinary

    What would you do if you couldn't program professionally anymore to make a living?

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    Gary R Wheeler
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    My first choice would be to become a teacher. The few times I've filled that role, I've really enjoyed it. My second option would be technical writer. I'm reasonably good at it, and like it enough that I could do it for a living. It's a little difficult to imagine circumstances that would render my programming skills unemployable and yet would leave the rest of my faculties intact.

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    • W wolfbinary

      A contractor I replaced left professional development because he got burned out of it. I'm wondering what the signs are.

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      Steve Mayfield
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      when the only things you do are: wake up, eat, program, eat, program, eat, go to sleep...dream about programming...repeat...

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      • H Henry Minute

        What sort of Pilot? Palm Pilot, Pontius Pilot, Pilot Whale, Pilot Hole. Sorry getting silly now. BTW did you ever find a source for the gloves you were looking for?

        Henry Minute If you open a can of worms, any valid solution *MUST* involve a larger can!

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        Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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        Yes, I do now own a pair of gloves. Yet I am only here for two more weeks ... and then maybe six in January. This kind of pilot: http://www.pilotcareercentre.com/APilotsLifeDetail.asp?APLID=124[^]

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        • W wolfbinary

          What would you do if you couldn't program professionally anymore to make a living?

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          realJSOP
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          I'd roam the Texas hill country absolutely naked and make a name for myself...

          "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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          • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

            Yes, I do now own a pair of gloves. Yet I am only here for two more weeks ... and then maybe six in January. This kind of pilot: http://www.pilotcareercentre.com/APilotsLifeDetail.asp?APLID=124[^]

            Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
            Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
            Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.

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            Henry Minute
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            Oooooooh! me too. Although the only experience I have is with that there Flight Stimulator, as my dear departed mum used to call it.

            Henry Minute If you open a can of worms, any valid solution *MUST* involve a larger can!

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              Oooooooh! me too. Although the only experience I have is with that there Flight Stimulator, as my dear departed mum used to call it.

              Henry Minute If you open a can of worms, any valid solution *MUST* involve a larger can!

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              Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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              I became a real pilot in August. A few hundred more hours and I will be a legal commercial pilot. It will be fun.

              Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
              Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
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              • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

                I became a real pilot in August. A few hundred more hours and I will be a legal commercial pilot. It will be fun.

                Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
                Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
                Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.

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                Henry Minute
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                Jolly well done Fraid it's too late for me. Eyes shot, Knees crumbling, mind going. Now where was I? Why am I standing in the kitchen with the fridge door open and the cat in my hands?

                Henry Minute If you open a can of worms, any valid solution *MUST* involve a larger can!

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                • W wolfbinary

                  What would you do if you couldn't program professionally anymore to make a living?

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                  Chris Maunder
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                  Training hamsters

                  cheers, Chris Maunder

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                  • W wolfbinary

                    A contractor I replaced left professional development because he got burned out of it. I'm wondering what the signs are.

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                    pseudonym67
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                    When u look at the screen and all you see are chicken tracks it's probably time to take a break

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                    • R realJSOP

                      I'd roam the Texas hill country absolutely naked and make a name for myself...

                      "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

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                      Tom Delany
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                      John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                      I'd roam the Texas hill country absolutely naked

                      Whoa! Now there's a mental picture.... :)

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                      • W wolfbinary

                        What would you do if you couldn't program professionally anymore to make a living?

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                        leckey 0
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                        ...no, I would probably apply to vet or medical school

                        Blog link to be reinstated at a later date.

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                          Training hamsters

                          cheers, Chris Maunder

                          CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                          wolfbinary
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                          Thanks guys. Your responses have been the usual mix of honesty and humor I've come to enjoy here on CP.

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                          • W wolfbinary

                            What would you do if you couldn't program professionally anymore to make a living?

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                            Christian Graus
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                            Child care.

                            Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "Iam doing the browsing center project in vb.net using c# coding" - this is why I don't answer questions much anymore. Oh, and Microsoft doesn't want me to.

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                              I'd roam the Texas hill country absolutely naked and make a name for myself...

                              "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
                              -----
                              "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                              Jim Crafton
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                              Walker, Texas Ranger, might have something to say about that...

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                                I'd roam the Texas hill country absolutely naked and make a name for myself...

                                "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
                                -----
                                "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                                Note to self: Don't take my wife very far outside of Austin next trip.

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                                • P Pete OHanlon

                                  Who says I do now. Perhaps I program amateurishly, or perhaps I do it rakishly. To answer your question, I'd do something else. I'd possibly put more effort into music than I have the time to do now. If I had the time, I'd love to get a PhD in Astrophysics.

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                                  Christian Graus
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                                  music and astrophysics, are you Brian May ?

                                  Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "Iam doing the browsing center project in vb.net using c# coding" - this is why I don't answer questions much anymore. Oh, and Microsoft doesn't want me to.

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                                    Training hamsters

                                    cheers, Chris Maunder

                                    CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                                    Vivi Chellappa
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                                    Aren't you already doing that? Aren't hamsters doing the work of servers for Codeproject? :-D

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                                    • W wolfbinary

                                      What would you do if you couldn't program professionally anymore to make a living?

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                                      Lost User
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                                      Program amateurishly,

                                      Life is like a pubic hair on the toilet seat... ...sometimes, you just get pissed off. .\\axxx (That's an 'M')

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                                      • W wolfbinary

                                        What would you do if you couldn't program professionally anymore to make a living?

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                                        Lost User
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                                        I'd like to be a model maker for a military museum

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                                        • G Gary R Wheeler

                                          My first choice would be to become a teacher. The few times I've filled that role, I've really enjoyed it. My second option would be technical writer. I'm reasonably good at it, and like it enough that I could do it for a living. It's a little difficult to imagine circumstances that would render my programming skills unemployable and yet would leave the rest of my faculties intact.

                                          Software Zen: delete this;
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                                          Vikram A Punathambekar
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                                          Gary R. Wheeler wrote:

                                          My first choice would be to become a teacher. The few times I've filled that role, I've really enjoyed it. My second option would be technical writer. I'm reasonably good at it, and like it enough that I could do it for a living.

                                          Hear, hear! Another man of my own mind. :-D

                                          Cheers, Vıkram.


                                          "You idiot British surprise me that your generators which grew up after Mid 50s had no brain at all." - Adnan Siddiqi.

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