Whatever happened to programming? (Old post - has anything changed?)
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Whatever happened to programming? (Old post - has anything changed?)
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Re: Whatever happened to programming? (Old post - has anything changed?)
#2This was posted 500 (or more) days ago, and the discussion there is interesting. This is a genuine question as to whether people think the situation is better, worse, or nothing to worry about - everything's fine?
Re: Whatever happened to programming? (Old post - has anything changed?)
#3I keep hearing this argument, and I always feel sorry for these people. I see all this new stuff being developed, some of it by me, and I think, "Man, why can't they just go do that?"
It's almost like they're broken. They've decided they need to work for the man, and that they can't do exciting things on their own time. They can see the path they want to take, yet they keep walking the same path they hate.
Re: Whatever happened to programming? (Old post - has anything changed?)
#4I keep hearing this argument, and I always feel sorry for these people. I see all this new stuff being developed, some of it by me, and I think, "Man, why can't they just go do that?" It's almost like they're broken. They've decided they need to work for the man, and that they can't do exciting things on their own time. They can see the path they want to take, yet they keep walking the same path they hate.
The follow-up article at http://reprog.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/whatever-happened-to-... addresses this comment, essentially saying "my job doesn't suck, but what about everyone else?"
Re: Whatever happened to programming? (Old post - has anything changed?)
#5I keep hearing this argument, and I always feel sorry for these people. I see all this new stuff being developed, some of it by me, and I think, "Man, why can't they just go do that?" It's almost like they're broken. They've decided they need to work for the man, and that they can't do exciting things on their own time. They can see the path they want to take, yet they keep walking the same path they hate.
The follow-up article at http://reprog.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/whatever-happened-to-... addresses this comment, essentially saying " my job doesn't suck, but what about everyone else?"
So he writes an article that makes it sound like he has this problem, but he's really just holding a pity-party for other people that he's imagining, and -I'm- the one that gets modded down?
Re: Whatever happened to programming? (Old post - has anything changed?)
#6I keep hearing this argument, and I always feel sorry for these people. I see all this new stuff being developed, some of it by me, and I think, "Man, why can't they just go do that?" It's almost like they're broken. They've decided they need to work for the man, and that they can't do exciting things on their own time. They can see the path they want to take, yet they keep walking the same path they hate.
What path worked for you?
Re: Whatever happened to programming? (Old post - has anything changed?)
#7Well the complaint is somewhat moot. The programming he is discussing is professional, where it is results and business driven. If every time a company wanted to develop a product that uses a database, MVC framework, web server, etc, the programmers had to write some of those components from scratch, it would be a nightmare. It would take much longer than necessary and probably be riddled with security holes. This is not a sound practice for business.
If people are looking for the creativity in developing some of these things, they can do it in their free time. That is the beauty of programming, all you need to do it is a computer, keyboard, and monitor. There is nothing stopping someone from going home and writing a database over a weekend.
Re: Whatever happened to programming? (Old post - has anything changed?)
#8Whatever happened to home construction? In the old days I chopped down my own trees to form into straight boards for the frame, dig up my own rock to make a foundation, mine my own iron to be formed into nails, etc... Now I just buy all the pieces I need from the hardware store and piece them together to build a house.
Re: Whatever happened to programming? (Old post - has anything changed?)
#9Nobody owes you an interesting job. If you want one, it is your responsibility to find it.
Warning: this may involve tradeoffs like hard work, failure, uncertainty and penury.
Re: Whatever happened to programming? (Old post - has anything changed?)
#10I keep hearing this argument, and I always feel sorry for these people. I see all this new stuff being developed, some of it by me, and I think, "Man, why can't they just go do that?" It's almost like they're broken. They've decided they need to work for the man, and that they can't do exciting things on their own time. They can see the path they want to take, yet they keep walking the same path they hate.
What path worked for you?
Working for small companies. They tend to invent new things, instead of trying to leverage existing off-the-shelf products into synergy, and other market-speak that just means they put libraries together and call it a product.
There's plenty of untapped stuff out there, and some fields are so crazy about business logic that there's no way to re-use anyone else's, so you have to write it yourself.
I also develop random things that suit my fancy in my free time.
I have yet to feel like I was just putting Lego blocks together.