What do you say to people when they say that programming is not demanding?
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What do you say to people when they say that programming is not demanding?
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Re: What do you say to people when they say that programming is not demanding?
#2you do it
Re: What do you say to people when they say that programming is not demanding?
#3'Yeah, you're probably right.'
Re: What do you say to people when they say that programming is not demanding?
#4Of course, you ignore them!
Re: What do you say to people when they say that programming is not demanding?
#5Of course, you ignore them!
Unless it's your wife... Then you say
'Yes, dear'
Re: What do you say to people when they say that programming is not demanding?
#6you do it
Isn't that what caused all those business critical excel spreadsheets ;)
Re: What do you say to people when they say that programming is not demanding?
#7All the problems in the first answer are people problems. If you work in a software firm that doesn't treat its employees like code monkeys, or better yet, work for yourself, then programming isn't demanding. It's fun, relaxing, and awesome.
Sales is demanding. :S
Re: What do you say to people when they say that programming is not demanding?
#8Many times when I hear the "programming is very easy" claim it comes from someone who is out of work: "Oh, he say programming hard? Not so! Programming very easy! I do this job for you cheap!"
Re: What do you say to people when they say that programming is not demanding?
#9The same thing as when people say that teaching is not demanding.
Re: What do you say to people when they say that programming is not demanding?
#10Making a superfluous statement is a red flag. In most cases I'd nod and move on.