Ever walk past Code Project open on someone elses machine??

glennPattonPub

Hi All, Had a funny moment, someone in the C++ pen was looking at Code Project. I must admit this concerns me a little, like not making any work place comments ( X is a knob etc.) mind you he wasn't looking at the lounge!..

realJSOP

Never have I ever. Of course, most of the programmers I've worked with don't code as a hobby, either.

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OriginalGriff

He was probably trying to spell "SND CODZZZZZ URGNTZZZZZ!"

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glennPattonPub

He seems pretty clued in not a 'SND CODZZZ' type, but as they say... he's a C++ guy... :-D

PIEBALDconsult

Never that I recall. I have my MVP certificate hanging in my cube and so far no one has commented on it. And CP is no longer allowed at work because it's SaaS and that means it's malicious.

glennPattonPub

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And CP is no longer allowed at work because it's SaaS and that means it's malicious.

Well dang! :laugh:

Johnny J

PIEBALDconsult wrote:

it's malicious.

Yeah, well, some members can be - not to mention any names... :laugh:

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Lost User

Hey! :mad: I resemble that remark! ;P I'll get my coat...

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Marc Clifton

Nope. I've seen all sorts of other things, but one thing I've come to learn, and this is from directly asking "is coding something you're passionate about" (and I think there have been CP survey's similar to this question) the resounding answer is no. The lack of passion is so profound that I tpyically find that "coders" aren't even interested in sharpening (pun intended) their skills relevant to work. If there's any "training" or "mentoring" done, it seems to be because management forces people to attend classes or watch videos from one of the online training sites. I find it all very sad, and I end of feeling rather lonely as well. On the flip side, the people I know that are passionate about software development et al, well, it's like walking into an incense smelling crystal and self-therapy new age store except it's full of geeks stringing together words into strange new phrases like "emergent sense making" and whenever one of those utterances is made the rest of the lemurs chant "that is so profound!" Not really my type of crowd either.

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kmoorevs

The other person I work with is not nerdy enough to hang out here! :omg:

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glennPattonPub

So, a non-geek it geek? or a Sales guy who knows what he doing (save me from the most convoluted mess of VB.NET you have everseen)!!

Slacker007

I think you missed a "Z" in URGNTZZZZZ. :laugh:

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raddevus

OriginalGriff wrote:

probably trying to spell "SND CODZZZZZ URGNTZZZZZ!"

This one got me! LOL! :laugh:

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*My alteration. :)

raddevus

Agreed. Crafts-people don't sit and talk about the nuances. We're out there building stuff and driving it at 200mph toward the cliff, hoping it'll fly when the ground is gone. :) A lot of times, it don't. :laugh: (And grammar is optional.)

PIEBALDconsult

Marc Clifton wrote:

"coders" aren't even interested in sharpening (pun intended) their skills relevant to work

Personally, I'm not real passionate about my primary tasks at work -- it's all drag-and-drop SSIS. BUT that doesn't mean that I'm not passionate about the things that I do enjoy, and whenever I have a chance to do "real" development (primarily console utilities that help me do everything else), then I'm back in scha-wing-town full-tilt boogie. What I do want to get back to is writing code for my own home projects, which have stagnated the last few years. This evening I'm back to looking at a new attack on my holy grail of Data Access Layers. I have made several attempts over the last fifteen years, but each inevitably bloats and becomes unmanageable -- so adding new features is impossible. Every few years I have to start fresh with a new feature set.

Old Ed

Whenever I'm asked "is coding something you're passionate about?" I want to kick the person asking the question in the head until they expire (I don't mean that literally!). What is really being asked? Is the expected answer "I think and talk about code 24/7"? If so then that doesn't leave much time for a real life and I am not that person. One of the definitions of "passion" from Merriam-Webster is "a strong liking or desire for or devotion to some activity, object, or concept". I strongly like programming. Am I "devoted"? Nah. But I have been creating software for over 40 years, have not done any other type of work, and can't imagine doing anything else. And because I have a strong liking for the craft of programming, I keep an eye on the industry, and continuously develop as a programmer. So, if that's "passion" then I'm passionate. Otherwise, whatever... Okay, that was a bit of a rant but I do feel better now.