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Ask HN: I’m falling out of love with coding

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Re: Ask HN: I’m falling out of love with coding

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Post by sodapopcan »

cnity wrote: post #68
sodapopcan wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you're _totally_ new to game programming (like me), I found tic80 [0] or pico8 [1] (I think the latter is more popular) a really nice introduction to game programming. They are simulated "fantasy consoles" that come with a whole wack constraints, so you're somewhat limited in what you can build, but it leaves a lot of room to grok core concepts that you could then take over to Unity or Unreal or the like. There is…

It is literally called Love (or LÖVE): https://love2d.org/

Ah, thanks! I thought so—I searched for "love console" and did not come up. "Love game engine" worked a little better.

Re: Ask HN: I’m falling out of love with coding

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY »

I became a manager, and my company actively tried to get me to stop coding, when that happened.

I coded anyway, but on my own time. The company missed out on some pretty awesome software, but that was their loss. I don't think they cared.

Being an active coder, helped me to be a better manager.

That said, I hated being a manager, and jumped right back into coding, when I left that job.

Couldn't be happier.

An important caveat to all that, is that I code the stuff that I want to code, at my pace, and on my terms. That makes a huge difference.

But I learn, every day, write Swift, every day, and take great joy in my work.

WFM. YMMV.

Re: Ask HN: I’m falling out of love with coding

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Post by cloogshicer »

digitalsushi wrote: post #58

The red tape is garroting us. My wife's dev environment VMs are 'remediated' at 8pm regardless if she's using them or not - there is no override policy - and the company is singing the success story of saving 40 dollars in licensing. At another corporation, it can take several weeks to learn how to fill out the IAM role and permission boundaries to allow a new app to run - and a governance board has to review it and…

Not all companies are like this. I know it sounds hard to believe. I had to look for a while but trust me, there are much, much better places out there. You just gotta find them. It's hard to judge in advance, and there's luck involved, but it's possible. Don't lose hope and don't settle for crap like this, get out while you can.

Re: Ask HN: I’m falling out of love with coding

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Post by ptero »

digitalsushi wrote: post #58

The red tape is garroting us. My wife's dev environment VMs are 'remediated' at 8pm regardless if she's using them or not - there is no override policy - and the company is singing the success story of saving 40 dollars in licensing. At another corporation, it can take several weeks to learn how to fill out the IAM role and permission boundaries to allow a new app to run - and a governance board has to review it and…

This sounds soul crushing enough to me that I would look for a job elsewhere, even if it means taking a financial hit. Many places are not like this; I would look outside compliance departments, large financial and utility companies and established defense contractors for a more open setup.

Re: Ask HN: I’m falling out of love with coding

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Post by blululu »

From the sound of it the problem is less about making software and more about your job. A piece of advice that I have seen crop up a few times on this subject is to figure out how to distinguish what you do from where you do it. Programming can be a job and and it can be a hobby. In this context it is easy to let your hobby become your job and then your job become your hobby, which can quickly lead to burn out once your job starts to suck.

As someone who got out of farming and into programming I would suggest looking into other options before pulling weeds for the next 24 months. One option that you may want to look into is Recurse Center which is a great place for software people dealing with burn out to reconnect with what brought them into coding in the first place.

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Post by KronisLV »

digitalsushi wrote: post #58

The red tape is garroting us. My wife's dev environment VMs are 'remediated' at 8pm regardless if she's using them or not - there is no override policy - and the company is singing the success story of saving 40 dollars in licensing. At another corporation, it can take several weeks to learn how to fill out the IAM role and permission boundaries to allow a new app to run - and a governance board has to review it and…

> At another corporation, it can take several weeks to learn how to fill out the IAM role and permission boundaries to allow a new app to run - and a governance board has to review it and allow it.

You know, this I never quite understood - why not provide example repos that follow all of the best practices? After all, the majority of the apps will be quite similar in their architectures and technologies (at least in some enterprises, e.g. "a Java shop" or something like that), so surely one can create some templates or snippets to work with.

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