A Programmer's Loss of Identity • Hacker News Board

Re: A Programmer's Loss of Identity

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Post by oldestofsports » Thu, Feb 19, 2026, 10:37 AM UTC

aristofun wrote: post #119

Controversial point - many problems of today's IT industry stem from people taking their job too personal. Do you know many plumbers or doctors who are so connected to their work that they do plumbing or doctoring as a hobby? I personally try to avoid such Programmers when possible, they usually overengineer everything they touch just for the sake of engineering. Without even realizing there is a problem.

I'm pretty sure many doctors see themselves as being a doctor by identity, not just a person who works as a doctor.

If there is prestige in the profession, it seems to often become an identity.

Re: A Programmer's Loss of Identity

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Post by anal_reactor » Thu, Feb 19, 2026, 11:12 AM UTC

dayglo wrote: post #147

meager_wikis wrote: post #97

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Same. I see programming as a way to accomplish some sort of task. When artists hang out, do they spend their time talking about brush strokes or editing techniques? From my experience not really, they talk about the higher up stuff. Themes or storytelling or influences are what they usually talk about. I want to operate on the higher plane.

“When art critics get together they talk about Form and Structure and Meaning. When artists get together they talk about where you can buy cheap turpentine.” - Picasso

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Re: A Programmer's Loss of Identity

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Post by aziaziazi » Thu, Feb 19, 2026, 12:18 PM UTC

throwerxyz wrote: post #176

aziaziazi wrote: post #168

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That's why it's called vegan cheeseburger and not cheeseburger! A toy car isn't a car, a step dad isn't a dad and an e book isn't a book, are they ?

A cheeseburger with neither beef nor cheese is not a cheeseburger. A vegan sandwich would be right. Do you also call a caesar salad a salad cheeseburger?

That’s right! And the vegan cheeseburger cited above is made with vegan cheese and vegan hamburger.

Re: A Programmer's Loss of Identity

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Post by noisem4ker » Fri, Feb 20, 2026, 5:44 PM UTC

biophysboy wrote: post #28

If any of you here feel like you've lost your identity, I would highly recommend watching the recently released movie "No Other Choice" by Park Chan-wook.

Maybe I didn't look hard enough, as I was put off by the pervasive absurdity of it, but I don't feel like I gained anything at all from watching that film.