I've noticed that when I ascend (descend?) into the land of proofs, I get annoyed with fuzzy imprecise human matters.
Does programming lead to paralyzing perfectionism in other aspects of life?
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#12What is your obsession with programming and the notion that it encourages "paralyzing perfectionism"? See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=567827 .
Probably it's something he's noticed in himself that he'd like to fix.
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#13As Gladwell said, there are advantages of disadvantages, and disadvantages of advantages.
For most of us, it is hard to accept that our skills, such as programming, that allow us to do the things we love can ever be of any disadvantage.
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#14I'm not sure about a need for "flawless truth" but after being immersed in code for hours I do have trouble socializing and being on a less intense level with people. I find I'm inclined to be more introverted unless I've had time to unwind, or to want to discuss topics with more detail, stuff that's better discussed one-on-one than in groups. But the same can be true if I'm deep into writing a new song as well, so m…
Me too. At times, I've even thought about switching careers because I actually enjoy socializing with other people yet my other passion, programming, interferes with it
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#15I think as programmers our interpreter must be hard-wired between our brain and our mouths. We more easily recognize when our speech is ambiguous and spend less time communicating unnecessarily.
Re: Does programming lead to paralyzing perfectionism in other aspects of life?
#16Only if you've never had to debug a program!
Life is more like recursive debugging. You poke around until you find a bug, fix it, introduce a couple of more, rinse and repeat ! When you think you're done, the requirements change.