Re:Programming Sucks and Why I Quit (2014)
by Killswitch on Tuesday October 06, 2015 @10:27AM
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I feel she was gloating more on what she did than why she quit, but I am in the same boat, I hate programming for others. I have a single client I work for that pays my bills and the rest of the time I build my own stuff. Sometimes the work for them is so mind numbingly boring and not interesting to me, that I could go a whole month only putting in 15 hours of work.
Re:Programming Sucks and Why I Quit (2014)
by deirdresm on Tuesday October 06, 2015 @09:31PM
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Were I gloating, I'd point out that I a) had code in space before I turned 18 (digital tape driver); b) had written (in Pascal) the code to control emissions for four power plants by the time I was 22.
Truth is, I feel like there aren't any more really interesting problems for me to solve. I've accomplished enough of each kind of thing that really engages me that I'm done.
I'd turned down an Apple job in the mid-80s and always regretted it, so once I spent 5+ years on the Safari team, I felt like that was the only checkbox left.
People aren't being critical, they are being dismissive. Which is completely accurate with what the author is saying.
- "There a problem in software, no one is taking it seriously" - "There's no problem in software that I know of, why do you even care?"
Re:Programming Sucks and Why I Quit (2014)
by repomies691 on Tuesday October 06, 2015 @10:12AM
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I think it is with everyone the same.
Maybe the article is a little scattered, but the tl;dr is Deirdre switched to programming for herself, and quit making crap other people want. For those reacting to the title without reading the article, she clarified that programming is awesome, but programming for money on other peoples terms sucks.
I don't know about you guys, maybe you're too young, but it resonates with me. Maybe I would have wasted fewer years programming for others earlier in my life if I'd known how bummed I'd get about it, or how excited I'd get about programming on my own terms.