Forty years of programming
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Forty years of programming
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Re: Forty years of programming
#2Ha, I was having wrist pain and I got that same wrist rest. I've recommended it to a lot of people. (Although I've never thought about cutting one in half for my mouse :)
Re: Forty years of programming
#3Am I the only one who finds these "I've been programming since 6" posts silly? I mean, I used to mess up with computers since I was a child, but I wouldn't call that "programming". In fact if I'm completely honest, it wasn't until 5 years ago when I truly started to learn and grow as an engineer, more than the rest of my career combined.
Rather than focused on quantity let's focus on quality. 1 good year of experience is worth 10 bad ones.
Re: Forty years of programming
#4Am I the only one who finds these "I've been programming since 6" posts silly? I mean, I used to mess up with computers since I was a child, but I wouldn't call that "programming". In fact if I'm completely honest, it wasn't until 5 years ago when I truly started to learn and grow as an engineer, more than the rest of my career combined. Rather than focused on quantity let's focus on quality. 1 good year of experienc…
I almost always see it as a red flag. When I hear someone irl say it I interpret it as a sort of clout hack.
"I've been programming since I was six years old so listen to me when I say we should use mongoDB".
Re: Forty years of programming
#5Am I the only one who finds these "I've been programming since 6" posts silly? I mean, I used to mess up with computers since I was a child, but I wouldn't call that "programming". In fact if I'm completely honest, it wasn't until 5 years ago when I truly started to learn and grow as an engineer, more than the rest of my career combined. Rather than focused on quantity let's focus on quality. 1 good year of experienc…
Mmm. I've been programming since 11. When I built my first computer (back then), it was soldering components to a PCB, not plugging a thing-that-only-goes-in-one-way into slots/sockets #1, #2, #3 etc.
So I guess I've been programming for longer than him, despite starting several years later in life. What "programming" means has changed a lot over the years though, I'll say that much.
Re: Forty years of programming
#6Am I the only one who finds these "I've been programming since 6" posts silly? I mean, I used to mess up with computers since I was a child, but I wouldn't call that "programming". In fact if I'm completely honest, it wasn't until 5 years ago when I truly started to learn and grow as an engineer, more than the rest of my career combined. Rather than focused on quantity let's focus on quality. 1 good year of experienc…
The post is about his environment and computing setup. It has nothing to do with programming. The title and first sentence only mention that he's been programming since he was 6 to give context for his long-term computing use and how his life and computing setup have evolved.
Re: Forty years of programming
#7Am I the only one who finds these "I've been programming since 6" posts silly? I mean, I used to mess up with computers since I was a child, but I wouldn't call that "programming". In fact if I'm completely honest, it wasn't until 5 years ago when I truly started to learn and grow as an engineer, more than the rest of my career combined. Rather than focused on quantity let's focus on quality. 1 good year of experienc…
Have you had the opportunity to compare two 20 years old developers one with 10 years of experience and another with 2?
Re: Forty years of programming
#8Ha, I was having wrist pain and I got that same wrist rest. I've recommended it to a lot of people. (Although I've never thought about cutting one in half for my mouse :)
I've found that changing keyboards between a flat mechanical and a Microsoft wave keyboard every 6 months keeps the pain away. Don't need anything fancy, just gotta change the exact factors of the repetitive motion.
Re: Forty years of programming
#9Am I the only one who finds these "I've been programming since 6" posts silly? I mean, I used to mess up with computers since I was a child, but I wouldn't call that "programming". In fact if I'm completely honest, it wasn't until 5 years ago when I truly started to learn and grow as an engineer, more than the rest of my career combined. Rather than focused on quantity let's focus on quality. 1 good year of experienc…
I'm not sure why it would be silly. I started playing baseball when I was 6, and if I continued to this day I would say I've been playing for 38 years.
Re: Forty years of programming
#10Am I the only one who finds these "I've been programming since 6" posts silly? I mean, I used to mess up with computers since I was a child, but I wouldn't call that "programming". In fact if I'm completely honest, it wasn't until 5 years ago when I truly started to learn and grow as an engineer, more than the rest of my career combined. Rather than focused on quantity let's focus on quality. 1 good year of experienc…
It's an extremely small part of the post.