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Re:Ask HN: Why did you leave the tech industry? by jerf on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @10:13AM (#22877896)
"because software issues can piss me off like no other thing is capable of."

This in reverse is part of why I am a programmer; it can take two or three days before I'm really pissed at a software problem, but physical stuff really annoys me in mere minutes.

Why? Don't really know. I know a bit of it is that I know how to get myself into trouble in software and then usually get back out much better than I do in the real world, but even so, I had the patience in software to develop that and I really don't for real things.

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Re:Ask HN: Why did you leave the tech industry? by frosted-flakes on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @10:27AM (#22878094)
Yes, it's much easier to hit Undo than it is to remove that bolt that you just snapped the head off, but you can't see because it's elbow deep in the engine bay.

On the other hand, a screw-up can have bigger consequences when your buggy code is used by thousands of users a day.

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Re:Ask HN: Why did you leave the tech industry? by perl4ever on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @08:35PM (#22884854)
Also, with code, you generally don't lose the pieces when you disassemble something, and if you take a break, you can pick up right where you left off...
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