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Re: How can you not be romantic about programming? (2020)

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Post by squizzeak » Mon, Feb 22, 2021, 5:44 PM UTC

quickthrower2 wrote: post #284

picks_at_nits wrote: post #33

I am deeply, deeply romantic about programming. I consider it an act of self-actualization. But answering the question literally, I am not representative of everyone in the industry, and that's a good thing. It's easy to feel romantic about your vocation when you have a number of reasonable options for achieving modest financial security, and you thus had the privilege of choosing the one that most closely matched yo…

I was romantic but jaded by many years experience plus the move from creation to glue code being what is needed for business

Maybe it's unique to me as a sysadmin previously and now as an SRE, but I quite enjoy gluing things together. Something about taking stuff that doesn't interoperate directly and forcing it to do so is elegant in its own right, without having to resort to scorching the earth and rebuilding everything from scratch.

Re: How can you not be romantic about programming? (2020)

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Post by _virtu » Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 2:34 AM UTC

forgotmypw17 wrote: post #314

_virtu wrote: post #312

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been struggling a lot recently due to burnout. And I'm not sure if it's burnout or if it's what you describe. I'm extremely passionate about my craft, but I feel like that's been to my detriment due to the sentiments of your post. Either I have a misalignment in what I've been doing and I need to change to a position I truly love or my expectations are so ridiculously unrealistic that I probably won't be able to…

If I were you, I would start thinking about two topics: 1) What can I give up to reduce my annual time and financial minimal upkeep? 2) What do I really want to work on? If my upkeep was taken care of and I didn't have to worry about food and shelter, what would I be doing to the point of exhaustion, passing out, sleeping, then waking up and jumping right back into it?

Thanks for the input kind stranger.

Re: How can you not be romantic about programming? (2020)

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Post by forgotmypw17 » Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 8:47 PM UTC

_virtu wrote: post #372

forgotmypw17 wrote: post #314

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If I were you, I would start thinking about two topics: 1) What can I give up to reduce my annual time and financial minimal upkeep? 2) What do I really want to work on? If my upkeep was taken care of and I didn't have to worry about food and shelter, what would I be doing to the point of exhaustion, passing out, sleeping, then waking up and jumping right back into it?

Thanks for the input kind stranger.

You,re welcome.