Ask HN: Is low level progarmming job more satisfying?

Re:Ask HN: Is low level progarmming job more satisfying? by whateveracct on Saturday January 23, 2021 @05:17PM (#25886668)

as a CompE by training, i'll say that people fetishize low-level programming

in general, everything's exactly the same imo

so if you're interested in the field, go for it

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Re:Ask HN: Is low level progarmming job more satisfying? by BossingAround on Sunday January 24, 2021 @06:35AM (#25891228)

I've heard the same from multiple people focusing on the low level layers.

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Re:Ask HN: Is low level progarmming job more satisfying? by djmips on Sunday January 24, 2021 @06:24PM (#25897283)

I sometimes wonder if these people never actually worked in high level programming and just 'think' it's probably the same.

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Re:Ask HN: Is low level progarmming job more satisfying? by whateveracct on Monday January 25, 2021 @11:01AM (#25904698)

i pretty much exclusively work in high level languages - it is the same. people just think it's different because they like being "closer to the computer" which isn't a real thing but instead a mental block.

i feel plenty close to the computer pretty much constantly no matter my level of abstraction.

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