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Programming Sucks and Why I Quit (2014)

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Re: Programming Sucks and Why I Quit (2014)

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post #20

Author claims to have been working for 38 years. They're not quitting, they're retiring. What a silly article.

So, after a law professor retires s/he immediately stops thinking about law?

I'm not sure what point you think you're making. When someone takes an action, do they immediately stop thinking about the topic of that action?

Did you read the article?

Re: Programming Sucks and Why I Quit (2014)

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post #20

Author claims to have been working for 38 years. They're not quitting, they're retiring. What a silly article.

So, after a law professor retires s/he immediately stops thinking about law?

> So, after a law professor retires s/he immediately stops thinking about law?

The proper analogy would be: "So, after a lawyer retires s/he immediately stops practicing law?"

Yes, s/he does.

Re: Programming Sucks and Why I Quit (2014)

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post #11

This is nonsense. Anyone who knows anything about developing on the web should know that W3 Validation means nothing. It's not even something worth striving for. They are not analogous to actual programming errors.

Not sure that they realized that the Internets motto is "good enough for jazz" as opposed to proper OSI internet standards :-) Even then OSI had It's "kids on the variety sunshine coach" members who couldn't implement to standard I am looking at you Sprint and ICL.

> "kids on the variety sunshine coach"

:( There are better ways to express this than shitting on special needs kids.

Re: Programming Sucks and Why I Quit (2014)

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Wow, I'd expect people here to be more empathic towards a person having a career in software engineering longer than most of the lifetimes of the HN crowd (assuming the article is truthful).

Instead one gets a bunch of dismissive, I-know-better-then-all-of-you BS. And they say bankers are arrogant.

Re: Programming Sucks and Why I Quit (2014)

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First world problems :) I'm grateful for the opportunity to work from home, support my family comfortably, be in a field with lots of employment opportunities to fall back on, and be constantly learning new stuff. Sorry it didn't work out for you, but it sounds like you found other interests to occupy you and (hopefully) support you, e.g. fantasy/scifi writing.

> Sorry it didn't work out for you

What? The author was in the field for THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS!

Re: Programming Sucks and Why I Quit (2014)

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post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So, after a law professor retires s/he immediately stops thinking about law?

I'm not sure what point you think you're making. When someone takes an action, do they immediately stop thinking about the topic of that action? Did you read the article?

Did you? He's not talking about quitting his job, but his (former) passion. That's not retiring.

Re: Programming Sucks and Why I Quit (2014)

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It's easy to get down on the negative sides of programming... the rub is that there are negatives to every job. There are widespread problems in every industry that need fixed/improved.

In the end, we all have a choice of what we want to focus on and what to do about it.

Stay focused on the bright side, minimize the negative, and keep on keep'n on.

Re: Programming Sucks and Why I Quit (2014)

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post #23
post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So, after a law professor retires s/he immediately stops thinking about law?

> So, after a law professor retires s/he immediately stops thinking about law? The proper analogy would be: "So, after a lawyer retires s/he immediately stops practicing law?" Yes, s/he does.

So, when you retire will you immediately stop practicing programming?
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