Ask HN: What would you be if you weren't a programmer?

Re:Ask HN: What would you be if you weren't a programmer? by VoodooJuJu on Saturday July 09, 2022 @10:38AM (#32035493)

Artist - painter, landscape architect, stone sculptor, one of these things.

>So basically I am asking, what other occupation would the programmer's mindset and programmer's aptitudes lend themselves effectively to?

Although it's what I'd be if I weren't a programmer, I think artist is actually at odds with the programmer's aptitudes and mindset. In the words of one of the greatest programmers:

"It's an Asperger profession; smart but artless"

- Alan Kay on programming

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Re:Ask HN: What would you be if you weren't a programmer? by olvy0 on Saturday July 09, 2022 @11:39AM (#32036046)

I agree. Although I think the closest a programmer can come to being a "real" artist, whatever that means, would be being an indie gamedev.

Which I once aspired to be but never got there.

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Re:Ask HN: What would you be if you weren't a programmer? by lakomen on Saturday July 09, 2022 @02:11PM (#32037781)

I disagree, you can create art with code, if the language lets you (Go doesn't).

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