If you didn't get paid for it, would you still write code? [modified]
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[edit] ... assuming you have another source of income, enough to get along.[/edit] Quick poll. 5 for "yes" or "I don't get paid to begin with", 1 for "no", ---------------------------------- Me: definitely.
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| FoldWithUs! | sighist | µLaunch - program launcher for server core and hyper-v server.modified on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:57 AM
Strangely enough I consider programming to be an outlet for my creative side. I never expected it to become a big part of my job. In fact, it isn't a requirement of my position, just a helpful tool. But my game programming now takes the place of what used to be candle making and plastic embedding.
I'm not a programmer but I play one at the office
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Yes, I do. I get paid to write code at work. Then I go home, and I write code that I don't get paid for. Not the same stuff - work projects aren't interesting enough, at home I try out new things, or languages, and have occasional projects that I never finish. Often what I do at home leads into future work projects. I first started playing with WPF at home because I thought it was cool, then a project came along that was suited to what I'd learnt at home. If I wasn't a professional developer, I would still continue the home coding, but maybe I'd finished those projects once in a while.
Simon
Agreed!
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that's only for now. kids only stay kids for about 15 years. then you can get back to your hobbies :) it's niiiiiiiiiice:thumbsup:
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[edit] ... assuming you have another source of income, enough to get along.[/edit] Quick poll. 5 for "yes" or "I don't get paid to begin with", 1 for "no", ---------------------------------- Me: definitely.
Agh! Reality! My Archnemesis![^]
| FoldWithUs! | sighist | µLaunch - program launcher for server core and hyper-v server.modified on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:57 AM
The very first time I saw a calculator I desperately wanted one. But it was $50 and an impossibility. Same thing when I saw my first computer. A C= Pet in high school. I had NO idea even how to turn it on but I was gonna be DAMNED if I let any one else TOUCH it. I started programming in high school on that Pet during lunch. Eventually, saved enough for a Timex Sinclair ZX81 and learned it's basic and Z80. So I coded before I had a real job. And I'll keep coding after I retire. And in between, I can't find a job INTERESTING enough to save my life. So I code at home making pianocheater[^] It's my baby now that my kids are olden. Programming jobs have paid my mortgage pretty well. They may have been boring sometimes, but then, what job isn't?? So, umm, YES !!
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[edit] ... assuming you have another source of income, enough to get along.[/edit] Quick poll. 5 for "yes" or "I don't get paid to begin with", 1 for "no", ---------------------------------- Me: definitely.
Agh! Reality! My Archnemesis![^]
| FoldWithUs! | sighist | µLaunch - program launcher for server core and hyper-v server.modified on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:57 AM
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I don't think so. If I could get to a point of being self sustaining, I would write code if it was for something worthwhile, like working on a website for a charity like World Vision. I would not do it for fun tho, I'd rather play guitar and work in the garden or kitchen.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
I agree, only I would play the drums...
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[edit] ... assuming you have another source of income, enough to get along.[/edit] Quick poll. 5 for "yes" or "I don't get paid to begin with", 1 for "no", ---------------------------------- Me: definitely.
Agh! Reality! My Archnemesis![^]
| FoldWithUs! | sighist | µLaunch - program launcher for server core and hyper-v server.modified on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:57 AM
"5" if it is something fun. Latest DirectX-ish type of thing. Something that the world will never see or use. That is like reading a good book. "1" if it is another drudge thingy that many will use and none appreciate the value that they have received. One must be paid for that hurt. Oh, I am sooooo bitter!! :-D
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As in, "I don't really have anythign to say, but I want to leave a smart-ass reply?" I actually considered making this an option ;)
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| FoldWithUs! | sighist | µLaunch - program launcher for server core and hyper-v server. -
[edit] ... assuming you have another source of income, enough to get along.[/edit] Quick poll. 5 for "yes" or "I don't get paid to begin with", 1 for "no", ---------------------------------- Me: definitely.
Agh! Reality! My Archnemesis![^]
| FoldWithUs! | sighist | µLaunch - program launcher for server core and hyper-v server.modified on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:57 AM
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[edit] ... assuming you have another source of income, enough to get along.[/edit] Quick poll. 5 for "yes" or "I don't get paid to begin with", 1 for "no", ---------------------------------- Me: definitely.
Agh! Reality! My Archnemesis![^]
| FoldWithUs! | sighist | µLaunch - program launcher for server core and hyper-v server.modified on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:57 AM
Yes.
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[edit] ... assuming you have another source of income, enough to get along.[/edit] Quick poll. 5 for "yes" or "I don't get paid to begin with", 1 for "no", ---------------------------------- Me: definitely.
Agh! Reality! My Archnemesis![^]
| FoldWithUs! | sighist | µLaunch - program launcher for server core and hyper-v server.modified on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:57 AM
Yes, if it served the purpose of solving a problem at home or for a friend.
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[edit] ... assuming you have another source of income, enough to get along.[/edit] Quick poll. 5 for "yes" or "I don't get paid to begin with", 1 for "no", ---------------------------------- Me: definitely.
Agh! Reality! My Archnemesis![^]
| FoldWithUs! | sighist | µLaunch - program launcher for server core and hyper-v server.modified on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:57 AM
5: I believe that is how I got started in programming in the first place. I was doing construction and writing software for my own amusement at night. Drove my wife nuts until she suggested I do it for a living. It appears that was good advice. Thanks Dear.
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[edit] ... assuming you have another source of income, enough to get along.[/edit] Quick poll. 5 for "yes" or "I don't get paid to begin with", 1 for "no", ---------------------------------- Me: definitely.
Agh! Reality! My Archnemesis![^]
| FoldWithUs! | sighist | µLaunch - program launcher for server core and hyper-v server.modified on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:57 AM
5 (Yes) if it was a hobby 1 (No) if it was to put money on somebody else's pocket.
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Yes, I do. I get paid to write code at work. Then I go home, and I write code that I don't get paid for. Not the same stuff - work projects aren't interesting enough, at home I try out new things, or languages, and have occasional projects that I never finish. Often what I do at home leads into future work projects. I first started playing with WPF at home because I thought it was cool, then a project came along that was suited to what I'd learnt at home. If I wasn't a professional developer, I would still continue the home coding, but maybe I'd finished those projects once in a while.
Simon
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[edit] ... assuming you have another source of income, enough to get along.[/edit] Quick poll. 5 for "yes" or "I don't get paid to begin with", 1 for "no", ---------------------------------- Me: definitely.
Agh! Reality! My Archnemesis![^]
| FoldWithUs! | sighist | µLaunch - program launcher for server core and hyper-v server.modified on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:57 AM
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[edit] ... assuming you have another source of income, enough to get along.[/edit] Quick poll. 5 for "yes" or "I don't get paid to begin with", 1 for "no", ---------------------------------- Me: definitely.
Agh! Reality! My Archnemesis![^]
| FoldWithUs! | sighist | µLaunch - program launcher for server core and hyper-v server.modified on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:57 AM
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On a scale on 1 to 5, how smart-ass a reply do you think it is? Where 5 is f#*@ you smart-ass and 1 is .... :) 3 I think is fence sitting
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Of course.
Dalek Dave: There are many words that some find offensive, Homosexuality, Alcoholism, Religion, Visual Basic, Manchester United, Butter. Pete o'Hanlon: If it wasn't insulting tools, I'd say you were dumber than a bag of spanners.
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[edit] ... assuming you have another source of income, enough to get along.[/edit] Quick poll. 5 for "yes" or "I don't get paid to begin with", 1 for "no", ---------------------------------- Me: definitely.
Agh! Reality! My Archnemesis![^]
| FoldWithUs! | sighist | µLaunch - program launcher for server core and hyper-v server.modified on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:57 AM
In that case I would not do anything else. No bosses. No customers. No silly demands or requirements. What a dream.
A while ago he asked me what he should have printed on my business cards. I said 'Wizard'. I read books which nobody else understand. Then I do something which nobody understands. After that the computer does something which nobody understands. When asked, I say things about the results which nobody understand. But everybody expects miracles from me on a regular basis. Looks to me like the classical definition of a wizard.
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that's only for now. kids only stay kids for about 15 years. then you can get back to your hobbies :) it's niiiiiiiiiice:thumbsup: