Should Programming be a life career?
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Probably did ten years as a straight code-monkey. Another ten years of technical lead and design. Now I'm doing management. Software is definitely a viable career, but just coding became boring for me.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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I code for cash and have a life outside of work. Nothing should be a life career: work to live, not live to work - that's no life at all.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
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Probably did ten years as a straight code-monkey. Another ten years of technical lead and design. Now I'm doing management. Software is definitely a viable career, but just coding became boring for me.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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That's kind of a stupid question. I guess it belongs in QA, then.... Programming is a viable career, for people who can do it. Some people do it for a while and move on, some people try and are useless at it, and some people do it their whole life. No different to a lot of other things, really. A quick look through the QA forum will tell you that there's a lot of incompetent people making money writing code, so I think there will always be jobs for people who can do it, and do it well. The question really is, are you one of those people, and, is it what you WANT to do ?
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.
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David. I AM your father. :-D
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Dalek Dave wrote:
Preferably all three together as it happens
Way TMI!
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
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That should be your intention. Life sometimes refuses to follow ones plans, however.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
Henry Minute wrote:
Life sometimes refuses to follow ones plans
You got that right! :rolleyes: Fancy the Co-op taking Chocolate Eclairs of their '2 for 1' offer! :mad: Madness!!! ;)
Ali
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Michelle could easily end up covered in Dhansak.
I had a friend who did that after a night on the beer and curry.
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
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David. I AM your father. :-D
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Henry Minute wrote:
Life sometimes refuses to follow ones plans
You got that right! :rolleyes: Fancy the Co-op taking Chocolate Eclairs of their '2 for 1' offer! :mad: Madness!!! ;)
Ali
Their chocolate eclairs aren't what they used to be. :sigh: The chocolate topping is too sweet and sauce-like - it used to be thick, hard and chocolaty...(and if anyone is reading that last bit out of context, you have a dirty mind)
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
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Henry Minute wrote:
Life sometimes refuses to follow ones plans
You got that right! :rolleyes: Fancy the Co-op taking Chocolate Eclairs of their '2 for 1' offer! :mad: Madness!!! ;)
Ali
Calm down Ali, calm down. Here's something[^] to sooth you. Just add more.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Henry Minute wrote:
Life sometimes refuses to follow ones plans
You got that right! :rolleyes: Fancy the Co-op taking Chocolate Eclairs of their '2 for 1' offer! :mad: Madness!!! ;)
Ali
Aye lass, t'coop has teken a turn for t'worse of late. Oi blames it on t great ambient sausage roll debacle. Them baint bin t'same since.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
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Their chocolate eclairs aren't what they used to be. :sigh: The chocolate topping is too sweet and sauce-like - it used to be thick, hard and chocolaty...(and if anyone is reading that last bit out of context, you have a dirty mind)
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
OriginalGriff wrote:
Their chocolate eclairs aren't what they used to be
Even so ... I was hoping to cadge one off Henry last week but he'd too tight to buy them now! ;)
OriginalGriff wrote:
it used to be thick, hard and chocolaty...(and if anyone is reading that last bit out of context, you have a dirty mind)
As if that would ever happen around here! :rolleyes:
Ali
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Aye lass, t'coop has teken a turn for t'worse of late. Oi blames it on t great ambient sausage roll debacle. Them baint bin t'same since.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
Henry, put your teeth back in right now! ;)
Henry Minute wrote:
Oi blames it on t great ambient sausage roll debacle.
Hmm, those Ambient Sausage Rolls weren't exactly a hot seller!
Ali
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OriginalGriff wrote:
Their chocolate eclairs aren't what they used to be
Even so ... I was hoping to cadge one off Henry last week but he'd too tight to buy them now! ;)
OriginalGriff wrote:
it used to be thick, hard and chocolaty...(and if anyone is reading that last bit out of context, you have a dirty mind)
As if that would ever happen around here! :rolleyes:
Ali
I am not getting into posting foodstuffs again. The last time I did that (my girlfriend was working in at CERN and complaining about the absence of jammy doughnuts) it did not work out well. Foodstuffs with a wet center do not travel well through the post, and can result in Official Questions being asked about red fluids dripping from packages... :sigh:
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
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Henry, put your teeth back in right now! ;)
Henry Minute wrote:
Oi blames it on t great ambient sausage roll debacle.
Hmm, those Ambient Sausage Rolls weren't exactly a hot seller!
Ali
Alison P wrote:
Henry, put your teeth back in right now!
Did you hear about the naughty fairy?
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
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Calm down Ali, calm down. Here's something[^] to sooth you. Just add more.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
Oooohhh .... yummy! :-D I want one! Now! ... I think some baking might be in order at the weekend! :thumbsup:
Ali
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I am not getting into posting foodstuffs again. The last time I did that (my girlfriend was working in at CERN and complaining about the absence of jammy doughnuts) it did not work out well. Foodstuffs with a wet center do not travel well through the post, and can result in Official Questions being asked about red fluids dripping from packages... :sigh:
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
Spoil sport! ;P
Ali
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Alison P wrote:
Henry, put your teeth back in right now!
Did you hear about the naughty fairy?
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
No ... :confused: * I think I might regret this ...*
Ali
