Should I Quit Programming?
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Hi there, I need your help and advice in this… I have a programming analyst diploma with GPA 3.8. I work as a programmer for 4 years in a medical corporation. I am successful at my work and I get every task given to me done. Currently, I am holding 4 projects. The problem is: I am not interested in programming I just do my job because I have to. I don’t feel I love my job. I don’t like going to work. I find it very hard to move from .NET framework 1.1 to 2.0 to 3.5. Even if I start reading a programming book or article I don’t really understand every thing. I find my self interested more in software installing and troubleshooting, Computer maintenance, user support. Should I quit programming because I don’t like it? Please I seek your advice.
Possibly; most of us who are programmers love doing it and do it as a hobby as well, if that's not you then you might consider a change. It also sounds like you're only interested in learning things in order to impress others with what you've accomplished rather than for personal improvement.
NinaWilliam wrote:
I find it very hard to move from .NET framework 1.1 to 2.0 to 3.5
You don't need to master every aspect of each generation; the only part of .net 3.5 I use is HashSet. Use what you need to accomplish the task. If the tools in the previous version are suitable, then continue to use them, and extoll the benefits of "backward compatibility".
NinaWilliam wrote:
I am holding 4 projects.
That's not right, it's a recipe for disaster. I only accept one project at a time, other projects are distractions and none get done.
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Nothing quite like kicking someone in the teeth instead of adressing issues is there bully boy?
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Hi there, I need your help and advice in this… I have a programming analyst diploma with GPA 3.8. I work as a programmer for 4 years in a medical corporation. I am successful at my work and I get every task given to me done. Currently, I am holding 4 projects. The problem is: I am not interested in programming I just do my job because I have to. I don’t feel I love my job. I don’t like going to work. I find it very hard to move from .NET framework 1.1 to 2.0 to 3.5. Even if I start reading a programming book or article I don’t really understand every thing. I find my self interested more in software installing and troubleshooting, Computer maintenance, user support. Should I quit programming because I don’t like it? Please I seek your advice.
There are two types of successful programmers; people who love to program and people who love to program. I have been programming professionally for over 35 years and I still program as a hobby in areas and on equipment I don't get to explore at work. As you may surmise I love programming. I have tried other areas of the business -- analysis, system test, customer service, etc. -- and did an adequate job but never quite was as motivated as when I am doing one of my famously shameless hacks to overcome a shortcoming of the language or architecture I am currently dealing with. My mantra is "once you lose your pride the rest is easy". Having said that I have seen equally motivated people in all the other jobs I could only do adequately. The thing that concerns me about what you have said is that you are wondering if you like to program. I have absolutely hated some jobs from time to time, a situation I remedied with another job, but never once questioned if I like to program. I hated my boss, hated the pressure I was under, I hated the unreasonable schedule, I hated a difficult co-worker, but I never hated programming. You must find something you are passionate about, something you really love to do, and the money will follow as you distinguish yourself in that area. The alternative is to work a job you hate and live with all the negative effects on your life. Good luck in deciding. It is never too late to re-invent yourself once you get your priorities right.
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Todd Smith wrote:
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I choose never to wrestle with a pig. The result is that you both end up rolling around in the mud and the pig likes it.
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Hi there, I need your help and advice in this… I have a programming analyst diploma with GPA 3.8. I work as a programmer for 4 years in a medical corporation. I am successful at my work and I get every task given to me done. Currently, I am holding 4 projects. The problem is: I am not interested in programming I just do my job because I have to. I don’t feel I love my job. I don’t like going to work. I find it very hard to move from .NET framework 1.1 to 2.0 to 3.5. Even if I start reading a programming book or article I don’t really understand every thing. I find my self interested more in software installing and troubleshooting, Computer maintenance, user support. Should I quit programming because I don’t like it? Please I seek your advice.
NinaWilliam wrote:
Should I quit programming because I don’t like it?
Yes. Absolutely. There's too much variety in life to make a career out of something you hate. It's one thing to do an unpleasant job to get by, another to dedicate your hours to one when you could be doing something better. Better for you, and better for those around you. Look around. If the IT side of things interests you more, then try to find work doing that.
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Todd Smith wrote:
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I choose never to wrestle with a pig. The result is that you both end up rolling around in the mud and the pig likes it.
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Is that you and Mrs. Smith? :-D I doubt if there is pig manure mixed in.
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You are a harsh bastard! Keep it up, very refreshing.
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It's been a long week, and the OP's message was inane and pointless.
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Nothing quite like kicking someone in the teeth instead of adressing issues is there bully boy?
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What the hell is that supposed to mean? He's got a job, which is a damn site more than a lot of other people can say, and here he is, complaining that it's too hard to keep up. IMHO, he should step aside and give someone a chance that can a) do the job, and b) maintain some level of maturity where work ethics are concerned. Someone that doesn't like their job does a terrible job at it (or just mediocre at best). It's people like me that are expected to come in behind someone like that and clean up their mess. I reserve pity for mistreated dogs, not for quitters.
"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 -
That book provides no useful advice. The best defense is a strong and lightning-quick offense. Of course, when you start out from a position of weakness, it's difficult/impossible to regain the high ground. In other words, the OP would have been better off not saying stupid sh*t at the outset.
"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 -
OK Im not going to tell you what you should or shouldn't do that's not my style but I will give you somethings to think about.
NinaWilliam wrote:
Currently, I am holding 4 projects
This is bad not on your part on your managers. It stinks of too much work and not enough programmers and is the quickest way to wear out the programmers. Simply put when you are skipping between projects nothing gets full attention everything is rushed and unfocused there is only one outcome of having this many projects on the go and that is the programmer becomes irritable and bored with the work, any interest in programming begins to fade because the work becomes drudgery and trying to keep to schedules and meet unrealistic requirements.
NinaWilliam wrote:
I find it very hard to move from .NET framework 1.1 to 2.0 to 3.5.
Do you even need to? What is it in your project that requires the upgrade? Or are you simply doing it because it's the latest thing?
NinaWilliam wrote:
Even if I start reading a programming book or article I don’t really understand every thing.
You probably never will either a lot of stuff in programming languages can be very specialised to specific areas if you dont need it. Get an over view so you know the basics but dont sweat the details until it becomes relevant to your work. There will always you be areas of programming you know little or nothing about, either because you have forgotten it through not using it for so long or because it was never relevant to your work in the first place. A good programmer knows what their weak points are as well as their strong points. I dont mean this as criticism I personally can come up with quite an impressive list of technologies I have worked with and studied but a good web programmer or graphics programmer can lose me in seconds because Ive never worked or studied those areas so my knowledge is basic at best.
NinaWilliam wrote:
Should I quit programming because I don’t like it? Please I seek your advice.
If you've never liked it quit. If you used to like it but are going through a phase then don't. Only you can decide which is which the trick is in working out which is the right decision for you.
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pseudonym67 wrote:
If you've never liked it quit. If you used to like it but are going through a phase then don't. Only you can decide which is which the trick is in working out which is the right decision for you.
I agree with Brad. This is the best advice.
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Hi there, I need your help and advice in this… I have a programming analyst diploma with GPA 3.8. I work as a programmer for 4 years in a medical corporation. I am successful at my work and I get every task given to me done. Currently, I am holding 4 projects. The problem is: I am not interested in programming I just do my job because I have to. I don’t feel I love my job. I don’t like going to work. I find it very hard to move from .NET framework 1.1 to 2.0 to 3.5. Even if I start reading a programming book or article I don’t really understand every thing. I find my self interested more in software installing and troubleshooting, Computer maintenance, user support. Should I quit programming because I don’t like it? Please I seek your advice.
NinaWilliam wrote:
I just do my job because I have to. I don’t feel I love my job. I don’t like going to work
Newsflash: Most people don't like their jobs... :|
NinaWilliam wrote:
I find it very hard to move from .NET framework 1.1 to 2.0 to 3.5. Even if I start reading a programming book or article I don’t really understand every thing
Sounds like you feel challenged learning new things, but don't necessarily feel like you're up for that challenge. However, don't kid yourself into believing that you need to know everything about a certain programming discipline in order to do your job. There are things in .NET that you'll probably never use, so I'd say don't worry about learning everything in every version. That's just unrealistic.
NinaWilliam wrote:
I find my self interested more in software installing and troubleshooting, Computer maintenance, user support.
This is highly subjective, and I know some will probably disagree, but I think you're probably going to find this mind-numbingly boring after a while. However, if you'd rather deal with boredom than being challenged and learning new things--whatever floats your boat. Who am I to judge? I'm not trying to put down anyone who does that sort of thing for a living--I'm just saying that you probably won't feel very challenged after a while, and you'll probably quickly reach a point where you stop learning. But, again, whether that's what you're after--only you know the answer to that.
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Ignore John, he's a thug.
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Hi there, I need your help and advice in this… I have a programming analyst diploma with GPA 3.8. I work as a programmer for 4 years in a medical corporation. I am successful at my work and I get every task given to me done. Currently, I am holding 4 projects. The problem is: I am not interested in programming I just do my job because I have to. I don’t feel I love my job. I don’t like going to work. I find it very hard to move from .NET framework 1.1 to 2.0 to 3.5. Even if I start reading a programming book or article I don’t really understand every thing. I find my self interested more in software installing and troubleshooting, Computer maintenance, user support. Should I quit programming because I don’t like it? Please I seek your advice.
After 4 years of college and then my first assignment I hated it too. I had to debug 10,000 lines of FORTRAN. I was shit canned and rightly so, then took a project doing hardware design. That morphed into FPGA and boolean logic programming, which morphed into c++ and c#, which were all great. After many projects I am stuck with an XML,XSLT front end, SAS backend and am hating life again. But smart phone programming...hmmmm that looks interesting.. time for a change. Don't make hasty decisions about carreer verses niche.... change your niche first and see if it still sucks.
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Hi there, I need your help and advice in this… I have a programming analyst diploma with GPA 3.8. I work as a programmer for 4 years in a medical corporation. I am successful at my work and I get every task given to me done. Currently, I am holding 4 projects. The problem is: I am not interested in programming I just do my job because I have to. I don’t feel I love my job. I don’t like going to work. I find it very hard to move from .NET framework 1.1 to 2.0 to 3.5. Even if I start reading a programming book or article I don’t really understand every thing. I find my self interested more in software installing and troubleshooting, Computer maintenance, user support. Should I quit programming because I don’t like it? Please I seek your advice.
Some people work to make enough money to do the things they enjoy. Others work at jobs they love and money is secondary. But no job is always enjoyable, nor is the money always good enough to work at the jobs we would prefer. You have to decide which category you fall into and make your decision based on how you want to spend your time & money.
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What the hell is that supposed to mean? He's got a job, which is a damn site more than a lot of other people can say, and here he is, complaining that it's too hard to keep up. IMHO, he should step aside and give someone a chance that can a) do the job, and b) maintain some level of maturity where work ethics are concerned. Someone that doesn't like their job does a terrible job at it (or just mediocre at best). It's people like me that are expected to come in behind someone like that and clean up their mess. I reserve pity for mistreated dogs, not for quitters.
"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, 10/26/2001Calm down dear -- it's not that unusual for somebody to not like their job. Anyway, surely it's a good thing that there are people out there creating this mess for you to clean up? Perhaps an alternative career mopping floors beckons for you!
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Thug[^] I am not a thief, not a murderer, and most definitely am not Indian. Please come up with something more precise.
"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, 10/26/2001How about "twat"?
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It's been a long week, and the OP's message was inane and pointless.
"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 -
How about "twat"?