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Re:How can you not be romantic about programming? (2020) by picks_at_nits on Saturday February 20, 2021 @03:35PM (#26207685)
My own writing on the subject of this industry falls into two pretty cleanly divided piles:

The writing about programming itself is "impractical" and "romantic," because that writing is for those who have an affinity with the "romance of programming."

The writing about getting a job, negotiating compensation, shipping products, hiring programmers, &c. is practical, because that writing is for everyone.

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Re:How can you not be romantic about programming? (2020) by muzani on Sunday February 21, 2021 @03:29AM (#26211839)
What is the difference between practical and romantic? Musashi wrote a book called The Book of Five Rings, which is as romantic as the name suggests, but half the book is an if-else set of instructions.
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