What profession is coding like?
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There is a reason my title is Wizard.
Nothing succeeds like a budgie without teeth.
Just don't Google what "Wizard's Sleeve" means! :laugh:
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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Archaeologist -- I dig through the layers of old cities (Business Logic & obsolete code) to find civilizations, old clay pots & bones trapped under the heaps of dust and debris.
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My tennis pro asked this, guessing that it would be similar to being a mathematician. I said that was only one aspect, that more often it was like being an engineer, architect, detective, or lawyer. What would you have said?
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.firefighter (on occasions!) A new client calls you, you know nothing about the system which is DOWN and the client is losing £10k/hour. There is a certain amount of stress involved and you're in damage-limitation mode. Afterwards when things are wet and smouldering you step through doing a forensic investigation to find out what caused it all and then specify a new fire detection system and sprinklers.
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My tennis pro asked this, guessing that it would be similar to being a mathematician. I said that was only one aspect, that more often it was like being an engineer, architect, detective, or lawyer. What would you have said?
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.Doctor. If the job gets exciting, it means something has gone badly wrong for someone.
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My tennis pro asked this, guessing that it would be similar to being a mathematician. I said that was only one aspect, that more often it was like being an engineer, architect, detective, or lawyer. What would you have said?
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing. -
My tennis pro asked this, guessing that it would be similar to being a mathematician. I said that was only one aspect, that more often it was like being an engineer, architect, detective, or lawyer. What would you have said?
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing."Blood Sweat and Tears"
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My tennis pro asked this, guessing that it would be similar to being a mathematician. I said that was only one aspect, that more often it was like being an engineer, architect, detective, or lawyer. What would you have said?
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing."Blood Sweat and Tears"
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My tennis pro asked this, guessing that it would be similar to being a mathematician. I said that was only one aspect, that more often it was like being an engineer, architect, detective, or lawyer. What would you have said?
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing. -
My tennis pro asked this, guessing that it would be similar to being a mathematician. I said that was only one aspect, that more often it was like being an engineer, architect, detective, or lawyer. What would you have said?
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.A mental rollercoaster ride. Just make sure you keep a copy of everything you developed so that when you need to develop something else a year later or more, you may be able to find the solution in your past applications; rather than spend hours or days searching Google only to find yourself wasting time because a large percentage of the posts do not work.
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My tennis pro asked this, guessing that it would be similar to being a mathematician. I said that was only one aspect, that more often it was like being an engineer, architect, detective, or lawyer. What would you have said?
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.On a good day, it's like being a mathematician. Usually it's like being a copy editor, and the text you're dealing with was written by a monkey and in some fake language that has rules so convoluted that you cannot remember more than half of the rules at the time.
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But we dress it up and call it refactoring. :)
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.Greg Utas wrote:
But we dress it up and call it refactoring. :)
Unless I'm certain management isn't around in which case it's de:elephant:toring. :-\
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius
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My tennis pro asked this, guessing that it would be similar to being a mathematician. I said that was only one aspect, that more often it was like being an engineer, architect, detective, or lawyer. What would you have said?
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My tennis pro asked this, guessing that it would be similar to being a mathematician. I said that was only one aspect, that more often it was like being an engineer, architect, detective, or lawyer. What would you have said?
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.As I tell people who need help with their PCs: Programming is like writing a novel. IT support is like operating a printing press.
Truth, James
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My tennis pro asked this, guessing that it would be similar to being a mathematician. I said that was only one aspect, that more often it was like being an engineer, architect, detective, or lawyer. What would you have said?
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.I tell my kids that writing a complex C# program is like writing a novel except that if one word is misspelled then no one can read the entire thing.
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My tennis pro asked this, guessing that it would be similar to being a mathematician. I said that was only one aspect, that more often it was like being an engineer, architect, detective, or lawyer. What would you have said?
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.I compare it with manual blacksmith work: you have some pieces of code and are hammering on the keyboard til the mud (bugs) are out. Maintenance is like reshaping a nail and support is horse shoe business. :~
Press F1 for help or google it. Greetings from Germany
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It's like being a sculptor. You hammer, chisel away, measure and try to figure out how to get the shape you want from the material you have. All the while sweating and swearing.
GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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My tennis pro asked this, guessing that it would be similar to being a mathematician. I said that was only one aspect, that more often it was like being an engineer, architect, detective, or lawyer. What would you have said?
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.It is one step below being God: In what other profession would my Word create worlds? And yes, I am perfectly serious.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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Being a sculptor where the users choose the medium, but management already has picked out the paint brushes you have to use!
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My tennis pro asked this, guessing that it would be similar to being a mathematician. I said that was only one aspect, that more often it was like being an engineer, architect, detective, or lawyer. What would you have said?
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.Like being a combination of: 1 plumber 2 janitor 3 magician 4 flunky
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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My tennis pro asked this, guessing that it would be similar to being a mathematician. I said that was only one aspect, that more often it was like being an engineer, architect, detective, or lawyer. What would you have said?
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.Artist or Creator :) I'm really bad at math, and while I sure would like to get better, it seems like I got a phobia. But I got Google and the customers for any formulae they need in the system. I believe that the most important part of my job, is to be able to envision the solution, and write readable and re-usable code, that I can recognize the purpose of, when I inevitably needs to revisit it 10 years in the future :-D (Not kidding, it happens too often these days).
"God doesn't play dice" - Albert Einstein "God not only plays dice, He sometimes throws the dices where they cannot be seen" - Niels Bohr
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