Re:8 Hard truths I learned when I got laid off from my SWE job
by shrimp_emoji on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @05:33PM
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>There is another class of developers who like to code so much, that 'work' is merely a project that they don't have directional control over, but the act of coding is a relaxing activity.
I'm in the middle. Imagine you like playing football. You do it for fun. But, if you do it too much, you'll be exhausted and maybe strain a muscle or something. I code for fun, but it still wears me out; it's still a kind of "work" psychologically distinct from, and more taxing than, watching a show.
The only way I would describe it as "relaxing" is if I put little-to-no thought into it, but that's how you end up with very buggy code.
I'm in the middle. Imagine you like playing football. You do it for fun. But, if you do it too much, you'll be exhausted and maybe strain a muscle or something. I code for fun, but it still wears me out; it's still a kind of "work" psychologically distinct from, and more taxing than, watching a show.
The only way I would describe it as "relaxing" is if I put little-to-no thought into it, but that's how you end up with very buggy code.