Try explaining being a DBA or a sysadmin - if we're doing our jobs right, no-one will even know we're there.
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?
#12If you get full control of the code base from the ground up, you can often make life easier for yourself (it takes work and continual refactoring, though). What's difficult is when you have to work through other peoples' messes.
Re: What do you say to people when they say that programming is not demanding?
#13Try explaining being a DBA or a sysadmin - if we're doing our jobs right, no-one will even know we're there.
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#14The top-rated answer (by the submitter I think?) is excellent:
http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/37316/what-do...
Re: What do you say to people when they say that programming is not demanding?
#15"It depends" or "that's not entirely true"
It various, I know people who do little html and consider it programming. And obviously there are those in charge of huge software developments.
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#16I fire up Terminal, then stand up, offer my chair to them, say I'll be back later.
Re: What do you say to people when they say that programming is not demanding?
#17The top-rated answer (by the submitter I think?) is excellent: http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/37316/what-do...
Thanks. Might have something to do with the project I'm currently working on...
Re: What do you say to people when they say that programming is not demanding?
#18The top-rated answer (by the submitter I think?) is excellent: http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/37316/what-do...
I had seen a post by Bruce Eckel conveying the same thought; and it certainly puts it correctly.
Writing Software is Like ... Writing http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=255898
And in most of the cases, IMO, not to forget those awesome co-workers who (have a forget-stuff-in-60-mins syndrome and) would need a lot of help on grammar or vocab, every single day. Blessed life, I'd say!
Re: What do you say to people when they say that programming is not demanding?
#19I say: "Shhh! Don't tell anyone, then they'll all want to do it!"
Re: What do you say to people when they say that programming is not demanding?
#20I'd like to know what type of jobs the responders work. Would be interesting to see a breakdown of answers to "how demanding is programming" by users of different languages/frameworks or by what type of company they work at (startup, big corporation, etc).