Mostly positive...

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

Over 75% of the respondents of this week poll are on the positive side of the coding-is-fun fence... I would like to know how many of them actually code for living...

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OriginalGriff

I can't understand why anyone would want to sit in front of a monitor for 8+ hours a day if they didn't enjoy it! If you don't enjoy what you are doing, then how can you remain motivated to do a good job every day for years to come? And for me, I don't like to do a job any less perfect than I can. Doing half the job because I'm bored with it? That just means I'm going to be back to fix the mess I made at some point in teh future, when I'm even less motivated to do it properly...

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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

From the flow of those half-educated 'developers' (QA) I conclude, that some do it for the money in the first place...

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Mark_Wallace

It's like any vocation: when it's challenging, it's fun -- notwithstanding the kind of challenging that's a result of other people's c0ck-ups.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

OriginalGriff

Most of 'em are sitting in front of a monitor for 8+ minutes a day: google your homework or job, fail to find the absolute solution, post on CP and SO. Walk away and play with Farcebook on your phone until we solve it for them. :sigh:

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Midi_Mick

I worked full-time as a programmer for over 30 years, and, as I answered in the survey, mostly enjoyed it. Due to my condition, I cannot work in the industry any longer, but I still mostly enjoy it, even though it does take me at least 20x as long to accomplish anything. I do find an added sense of accomplishment whenever I get anything working due to the extra effort I have had to put into it.

Cheers, Mick ------------------------------------------------ It doesn't matter how often or hard you fall on your arse, eventually you'll roll over and land on your feet.

HobbyProggy

I do code the whole day at work, okay yeah maybe i go to to the toilet, CP or smoking but my main activity is (aside from planning, designing and stuff) coding. So i guess at least a good 70% of my yearly workload goes to that. It is fun! Everybody has bad days but i confirm you, as soon as coding ain't fun anymore i'd switch the job because sitting in front of the pc coding the whole day i'd die if i wouldn't enjoy it :)

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PeejayAdams

The question wasn't "is it enjoyable?" - it was "is it fun?" which is why I answered in the negative. I think to qualify as fun something has to be a thing that you'd do purely for the pleasure of doing it. As much as I sometimes enjoy writing code, I can't really imagine a situation where I'd ever choose to write code purely for the sake of doing it. If it's my day off and the options are: 1) A walk in the park. 2) A trip to the cinema. 3) A "quick" pint. 4) A visit to the museum or art gallery. 5) Playing a game. 6) An afternoon in the sack. 7) Writing poetry or making music. 8) Watching sport. 9) Listening to music. 10) Cooking. 11) Watching TV. 12) Reading a book. 13) Writing some code that I don't need to write. One of those is definitely coming in at unlucky 13 and is not going to happen - that would still be true on a much longer list of possibilities. That doesn't mean that I'm unhappy with what I do for a living, it just means that I wouldn't ever confuse it with a hobby.

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Tom Deketelaere

The question can be seen 2 fold (because of the subquestion or whatever it is) "Do you consider coding "fun"?" --> is coding in general "Are we a happy bunch at work?" --> is coding at work, and that will be heavily influenced by the current work situation That being said. Not everyone gets to do what they originally wanted, but live forces them into different careers. For me programming was a second choice, originally I was going to go into the military, but 1 accident and 2 hernia's later means I'd never pass the physical tests. So programming it became. I do enjoy coding but it wasn't a first choice. And many other jobs are also problematic due to the hernia's so...

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ZurdoDev

OriginalGriff wrote:

if they didn't enjoy it!

For some of us, it's because we are very good at it and couldn't get a job doing anything else that would pay the bills as well. My chances at playing in the NBA are rapidly declining so I stick with this. :^)

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Besinger

For 38 years now.

Daniel Pfeffer

I've been coding professionally (== for money) for over 35 years.

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