End result is that it harder to relate to more and more people, which remains important. I'd imagine this happens to most programmers, although I don't think there is a good appreciation for how significant this is generally.
What real life bad habits has programming given you?
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It's over developed my already prevalent logical thinking. This is great because I'm known as a clear thinker that can solve complex problems, but I've found that a lot of people have difficulty thinking in these terms, preferring to remain in a more emotional pattern.
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#12Constantly skimming text. I always find myself resisting the urge to skim through blocks of text like I would through code while looking for bugs.
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#13It's given me a nasty drug habit.
Caffeine is a hell of a drug.
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#14I've caught myself thinking of time in complexity classes. Eg. should I walk or drive? It doesn't matter, they're both O(n).
Walking would be O(n^2) for all but the shortest distances actually, I think. Unless you rested once in a while. Amortized linear time?
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#15I keep a lot of things sorted. For example, my wallet's money is always sorted.
With multiple denominations of bills, the insertions aren't O(1) when I'm in line if you know what I mean.
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#16When I can't find something in my apartment, I lose a moment thinking I can grep for it before I start a traditional realspace search.
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#17I cant do math. I suck at it, i can understand it, but i have a hard time going through the calculations. I do all sorts of dumb mistakes, and always miss something. Its the details that get me. I find this to be my greatest challenge, because i have some serious math exams coming soon.
Somewhat related, I cant seem to be able to study stuff that are not interesting to me. I have a big exam, i should study, NOOOO, i dont whanaaaa, whaaaaa.... I whanna hack, i dont whaannnt to studyyyy...whaaaa.... I find myself whining in my head very often. I guess i should just shut up, and do my studying, and maybe hack later...
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#18Trying to remove duplication in everything.
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#19It's over developed my already prevalent logical thinking. This is great because I'm known as a clear thinker that can solve complex problems, but I've found that a lot of people have difficulty thinking in these terms, preferring to remain in a more emotional pattern. End result is that it harder to relate to more and more people, which remains important. I'd imagine this happens to most programmers, although I don'…
I feel this too. The key is to not receive what other people say as bug reports, so you won't get the urge to fix them or find a solution.
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