Help I don't want to be a programmer anymore
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Help I don't want to be a programmer anymore
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#2Print version, thus single page:
http://www.itworld.com/print/340205
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#3I like programming a lot. If I'm away from it for more than a couple weeks, I start to miss it.
The software industry deserves to choke on a dick and die, however. Fuck bad code, micromanagers, dopey "startups" that expect 14-hour days on the assumption that 0.0x equity slices represent real "ownership", closed allocation, and regimes in which programmers don't choose their tools. All of that can go to hell.
As software engineers, we're a defeated tribe. We work for businessmen, get little respect in comparison to the value we add, and often are pigeonholed into roles that are 3 levels below our creative and intellectual ability. We do most of our work for managers and investors who think we're losers because we don't have their jobs.
To me, quitting programming is just running away. Programming was never the problem. We need to take control of this game. We need to take it back and make it good-- and fast.
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#4I like programming a lot. If I'm away from it for more than a couple weeks, I start to miss it. The software industry deserves to choke on a dick and die, however. Fuck bad code, micromanagers, dopey "startups" that expect 14-hour days on the assumption that 0.0x equity slices represent real "ownership", closed allocation, and regimes in which programmers don't choose their tools. All of that can go to hell. As softw…
I think that's the state where the programmer should start his own endeavor i.e. start his own.
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#5Well, those who can't code, teach...
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#6This is another "I was like this" story. Two years ago I was at Microsoft India Development Center, horribly demotivated and decided to move away from programming. Actually I had realized one and half years in that I wasnt interested in my job and tried a lot of things to switch to a different role within Microsoft but none worked. I wanted to run away from programming.
A lot of the advice I received was similar as written in the article. But I honestly did not know what to run towards. I was utterly directionless. Ultimately,in a brief moment of madness induced bravery, I quit my job without any future prospects. While at home I re-discovered my love for programming as i was working on hobby projects. I responded to yummyfajitas' post on the Who's hiring thread, got the job and my life has been awesome since then. I absolutely heart programming , I keep on trying to learn new stuff and cant think of moving away.
All of this to say, if you feel like this, change your job, join a startup or learn a different language. Not everyone thinks in the same way. You may not be great in one paradigm of languages but that doesn't stop you from loving another programming paradigm.
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#7I like programming a lot. If I'm away from it for more than a couple weeks, I start to miss it. The software industry deserves to choke on a dick and die, however. Fuck bad code, micromanagers, dopey "startups" that expect 14-hour days on the assumption that 0.0x equity slices represent real "ownership", closed allocation, and regimes in which programmers don't choose their tools. All of that can go to hell. As softw…
That's a pretty epic speech. Well said. :-)
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#8I like programming a lot. If I'm away from it for more than a couple weeks, I start to miss it. The software industry deserves to choke on a dick and die, however. Fuck bad code, micromanagers, dopey "startups" that expect 14-hour days on the assumption that 0.0x equity slices represent real "ownership", closed allocation, and regimes in which programmers don't choose their tools. All of that can go to hell. As softw…
I think that's the state where the programmer should start his own endeavor i.e. start his own.
This is exactly it. And the "dopey startups" are what we all need to be doing. And good news, we have majority of the resources needed to do that!
I understand it's not just coffee and a computer. You have to take into account the time that you give up from a 9-to-5 that you would make money from, but all things being equal, compared to lawyers, doctors, 'management suits' type of people, you are not directly dependent on others to start out.
Build a useful product, and they will come.
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#9I like programming a lot. If I'm away from it for more than a couple weeks, I start to miss it. The software industry deserves to choke on a dick and die, however. Fuck bad code, micromanagers, dopey "startups" that expect 14-hour days on the assumption that 0.0x equity slices represent real "ownership", closed allocation, and regimes in which programmers don't choose their tools. All of that can go to hell. As softw…
Doctors have to go to medical school and then have a residency and the AMA closely controls the total supply of physicians. Lawyers have to go to an accredited school and then pass the bar (in some states the school part is optional).
A computer science degree is the closest thing the tribe of programmers has to a professional certification. There are some organizations that have attempted to bring the tribe together but none have gained serious tracking. (asp-software.org, aitp.org, computer.org)
What's most interesting to me is that doctors and lawyers actually have legal protection. In most places it is illegal to perform medical services without a license or offer legal advice without a law degree. There is no equivalent protection for programmers. Imagine a world where an individual could be fined for writing a business app without being a certified developer. Suddenly the value of certified programmers would jump up quickly and those who couldn't meet the standards would be quickly drummed out of professional development.
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#10Me neither, i just can't handle the stress anymore, large sw base, sprints, etc.