Programming is not a Glamorous Job
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Programming is not a Glamorous Job
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#2I'm not so sure that public percepiton is different. Loads of people I know still think that because I'm a programmer I must be an expert in fixing printers, or formatting spreadsheets.
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#3Programming is funny if you do because you want.
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#4Most lawyers don't fight exciting cases that expose a complex web of deceit.
Most police don't get into firefights with mastermind serial killers.
The families of martial arts masters have a homocide-by-mobsters rate that is in line with the general population.
Aliens do not invade very often.
None of these facts make for good entertainment.
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#5My girlfriend worked in crime scene investigation. I think they probably have it way worse than programmers when it comes to public perception of the job based on shows and movies.
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#6My girlfriend worked in crime scene investigation. I think they probably have it way worse than programmers when it comes to public perception of the job based on shows and movies.
Good point, and I agree with that lol, being that I used to be a fan of the original CSI series.
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#7I hate these broad sweeping titles on HN. Speak for yourself.
I love my job, I work from home in an amazing home office I designed. I filled it with plants, little bonzai trees, art on the wall, inderect lighting for the evenings, and all the best work equipment money can buy. My environment is pretty much an extension of me.
I have awesome clients that invite me out for events, I go to programming conferences and have a great time, I can buy pretty much anything I need to (not a rolls royce, or anything that expensive, but anything I realistically need is mine.)
and it even sounds cool. I tell people what I do and they're really interested.
I can travel whenever, wherever - as long as they have internet and I can bring my laptop.
And if you aren't known... then make yourself known. No brainer. It's tricky but not that bad to build a small network, just interact with the people you look up to in your career on twitter, go to events and network, build something that a lot of people use and love. If you love your job you may have quite a lot of failures building this 'thing' but eventually you'll hit on one that people really love.
Lastly but not least, its FUN. FUN FUN FUN. I wake up some days at 8am, eager to make some french press coffee, heat up a danish in the microwave and just look at some code. It's really probably the best job in the world I think.
Disclosure: I am not a corporate programmer -- I would imagine in that exact scenario you are treated less than you are really worth, so I'm not trying to downplay the frustration I'm sure many of you guys face. I'm talking from my point of view that the statement "programming isnt glamorous" is just silly.
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#8Being a doctor is also super glamarous. You lead a team of extremely attractive individuals and identify diseases that are as rare as a narwhal.
Who the hell ever cared about how TV portrays a job anyways?
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#9Is this just another form of the lament of geek culture going mainstream? Because the idea that software engineering could or should be represented realistically in media is completely ridiculous. Of course they over-glamorize it because that's what media does. Point me to a profession that is not glamorized, villified or otherwise sensationalized by television and I'll show you a really boring job.
So no, programming is not glamorous, but it's a damn good job (at the right companies) if you can get it.
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#10"Most of us are indie programmers"
I would think most career programmers work for corporate entities, but neither I nor the author have any statistical evidence presented.