Do you still like to code?
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The thread below about programming books got me thinking about how much I still love to code even though I don't do as much as I used to at work (busy herding cats people) but still play with the new stuff in my own time. However, if I know I have some coding to do at work, I still get excited and can't wait to start. And that's after nearly thirty years of doing the job. Do you still love your job or are you getting jaded? I think JSOP is given his earlier post! :-)
Sometimes. I still really enjoy problem solving but when I end up having to write pages of boiler plate I start to get a bit peeved. My perfect gig is to build just enough of the prototype to know it'll work and then hand it over to a minion to finish :laugh:
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OriginalGriff wrote:
you spend much of the rest getting to and from work (and generally paying a small fortune for the privilege).
[SMUGFACE] I walk to work - 15 minutes each way. :-) [/SMUGFACE]
R. Giskard Reventlov wrote:
[SMUGFACE] I walk to work - 15 minutes each way. :) [/SMUGFACE]
[EVENSMUGGERFACE] So do I - 15 seconds each way. :) [/EVENSMUGGERFACE]
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They hired me as a programmer to write code, and now I'm nothing but a script monkey. And that's after 35 years of coding.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013It's probably because you complain a lot. ;P
Jeremy Falcon
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The thread below about programming books got me thinking about how much I still love to code even though I don't do as much as I used to at work (busy herding cats people) but still play with the new stuff in my own time. However, if I know I have some coding to do at work, I still get excited and can't wait to start. And that's after nearly thirty years of doing the job. Do you still love your job or are you getting jaded? I think JSOP is given his earlier post! :-)
At times I still love it. Creators want to create. At other times I'm sick and tired of it, but I think that has more to do with the industry rather than the creation process.
Jeremy Falcon
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Yes, I love to code and create something, even if it is just a brownfield project or some SQL; better yet if there are some requirements attached to it. Jaded? Isn't everyone?
jgakenhe wrote:
Jaded? Isn't everyone?
Nope - I get pissed off at times when things are not going well but I know (from experience) that it will all work out one way or another. :-)
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It's probably because you complain a lot. ;P
Jeremy Falcon
I only complain when there appears to be human-induced persistence with regards to screw ups.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013 -
R. Giskard Reventlov wrote:
[SMUGFACE] I walk to work - 15 minutes each way. :) [/SMUGFACE]
[EVENSMUGGERFACE] So do I - 15 seconds each way. :) [/EVENSMUGGERFACE]
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
Agh! You win! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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At times I still love it. Creators want to create. At other times I'm sick and tired of it, but I think that has more to do with the industry rather than the creation process.
Jeremy Falcon
How you getting on? Have you adjusted to life on the left coast?
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I only complain when there appears to be human-induced persistence with regards to screw ups.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013Oh I know, I do the same thing too. Even still, doesn't mean people still like it. Being right doesn't always mean having friends. And we all make mistakes.
Jeremy Falcon
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Oh I know, I do the same thing too. Even still, doesn't mean people still like it. Being right doesn't always mean having friends. And we all make mistakes.
Jeremy Falcon
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
And we all make mistakes.
Not JSOP! He is the Chuck Norris of coding. :-)
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How you getting on? Have you adjusted to life on the left coast?
Yeah, like anywhere, there are some really cool people here... then those you gotta learn to avoid. With the amount of people here, you have to learn how to sharpen your avoid radar. But once you do that, it's all good.
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
And we all make mistakes.
Not JSOP! He is the Chuck Norris of coding. :-)
Oh yeah. I forgot. Only on my second cup of :java:.
Jeremy Falcon
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The thread below about programming books got me thinking about how much I still love to code even though I don't do as much as I used to at work (busy herding cats people) but still play with the new stuff in my own time. However, if I know I have some coding to do at work, I still get excited and can't wait to start. And that's after nearly thirty years of doing the job. Do you still love your job or are you getting jaded? I think JSOP is given his earlier post! :-)
It's complicated :rolleyes:. I like coding new features, where I feel like I'm not bound by what's gone before. Unfortunately that doesn't happen too often. Our products have a lifespan of 10 years or more, so we end up spending a lot of time on maintenance. Most of the time when I'm adding a new feature, I have to keep in mind a bewildering pile of constraints, prior practice, backward compatibility, and so on. Misquoting Norm Abrams of The New Yankee Workshop, I have to "measure 3 or 4 times, then cut. And always wear your safety glasses!".
Software Zen:
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Still love it. If you don't love what you do, you are in the wrong job. You spend 1/3rd of your life asleep. You spend 1/3 at work (or more, if the company can get you to), you spend much of the rest getting to and from work (and generally paying a small fortune for the privilege). If you aren't loving it ...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
OriginalGriff wrote:
If you aren't loving it ...
Well, when you're right, you're right.
Jeremy Falcon
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The thread below about programming books got me thinking about how much I still love to code even though I don't do as much as I used to at work (busy herding cats people) but still play with the new stuff in my own time. However, if I know I have some coding to do at work, I still get excited and can't wait to start. And that's after nearly thirty years of doing the job. Do you still love your job or are you getting jaded? I think JSOP is given his earlier post! :-)
Jaded, but still love it. I like the creative problem solving aspects of the job. What I'm not a big fan of is shifting requirements. People (read as management) seem to know what they don't want instead of what they want. You code to spec, and then when they get it in front of them they look at, and say they don't like it or its not what they wanted. What do you mean that is not what you wanted you put it in the #@#$% spec and signed off on it. :mad: Alright so maybe I'm leaning more toward the jaded side. However, this doesn't stop me from my side projects. And those are always accepted and coded to spec. :-D
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Still love it. If you don't love what you do, you are in the wrong job. You spend 1/3rd of your life asleep. You spend 1/3 at work (or more, if the company can get you to), you spend much of the rest getting to and from work (and generally paying a small fortune for the privilege). If you aren't loving it ...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Yeah, like anywhere, there are some really cool people here... then those you gotta learn to avoid. With the amount of people here, you have to learn how to sharpen your avoid radar. But once you do that, it's all good.
Jeremy Falcon
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It's complicated :rolleyes:. I like coding new features, where I feel like I'm not bound by what's gone before. Unfortunately that doesn't happen too often. Our products have a lifespan of 10 years or more, so we end up spending a lot of time on maintenance. Most of the time when I'm adding a new feature, I have to keep in mind a bewildering pile of constraints, prior practice, backward compatibility, and so on. Misquoting Norm Abrams of The New Yankee Workshop, I have to "measure 3 or 4 times, then cut. And always wear your safety glasses!".
Software Zen:
delete this;Gary Wheeler wrote:
The New Yankee Workshop
Love that show. Seems like it is not on any more. What a pity. And this old house. Wonderfully cheesy stuff.
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The thread below about programming books got me thinking about how much I still love to code even though I don't do as much as I used to at work (busy herding cats people) but still play with the new stuff in my own time. However, if I know I have some coding to do at work, I still get excited and can't wait to start. And that's after nearly thirty years of doing the job. Do you still love your job or are you getting jaded? I think JSOP is given his earlier post! :-)
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The thread below about programming books got me thinking about how much I still love to code even though I don't do as much as I used to at work (busy herding cats people) but still play with the new stuff in my own time. However, if I know I have some coding to do at work, I still get excited and can't wait to start. And that's after nearly thirty years of doing the job. Do you still love your job or are you getting jaded? I think JSOP is given his earlier post! :-)
R. Giskard Reventlov wrote:
and can't wait to start.
I stopped feeling that way when I got my first full-time job programming. Customers, deadlines, and silly requirements took all the fun out of it. :^)
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