Ask HN: Do others find Android work a bore compared to Web and/or C coding?

Posted by chrisdew on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @05:40AM
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I'm very lucky to work with many different technologies.

These include:

* Web UIs (AngularJS/NodeJS)

* C, including embedded and protocol implementations

* Android Apps

I'm concerned that I don't enjoy my Android work, whereas I love Web and C work. Is this a common case? Are Android Apps really drudgery compared with Web and/or C coding? Or is it just my personal taste?

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Re:Ask HN: Do others find Android work a bore compared to We... by madhouse on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @06:11AM (#6095278)

Coding in C is, in my experience, a terrible, terrible thing. There are part of it that are interesting, for a while, but every time I have to touch C, I get frustrated, because I have to run long laps to get anything meaningful done in a sane way.

I can't imagine how android app coding would be worse, but arguably, I haven't tried.

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Re:Ask HN: Do others find Android work a bore compared to We... by lsiebert on Thursday July 25, 2013 @01:37AM (#6101088)

The C standard library is small enough to memorize. Web Development likewise. Android combines xml design with java, so it's a lot of writing, and a huge set of libraries. Plus design for different screen sizes, versions... I can understand being annoyed..

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Re:Ask HN: Do others find Android work a bore compared to We... by csgavino1 on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @06:08AM (#6095268)

Grass is always greener on the other side.

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Re:Ask HN: Do others find Android work a bore compared to We... by chrisdew on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @06:28AM (#6095325)

I'm doing all three types of dev work, so there isn't an 'other side'.

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Re:Ask HN: Do others find Android work a bore compared to We... by 6thSigma on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @11:38AM (#6096766)

It's just your personal taste.

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