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Re:How can you not be romantic about programming? (2020) by amenod on Saturday February 20, 2021 @05:53PM (#26208789)
Of course they are. They are written by people and often become standard because of good marketing instead of merit.

However, I still find satisfaction in learning new things, trying to be better each day, overcoming new and more challenging problems and solving riddles in a nicer and more elegant way. I fail in all these things, too, of course - but it does give me a sense of purpose. And I don't appreciate any tool that comes my way, I'm picky that way. I love Python for its stdlib, React for its declarative nature, C for its simplicity... and avoid dealing with the JS build system of the month as much as I can. Enough to understand, but I try not to lose too much time and mental energy on them.

That said, if I didn't enjoy programming, I would be happy to move to management or even leave the industry to become a carpenter. I think that as long as you do something meaningful and also help other people (so that you can live off it), it doesn't matter much what that thing is.

Re:How can you not be romantic about programming? (2020) by M5x7wI3CmbEem10 on Saturday February 20, 2021 @10:18PM (#26210507)
> That said, if I didn't enjoy programming, I would be happy to move to management

would you go for project management in particular or are there other paths?