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>"Writing a program and then running it is magic, in a way." Even after 30 years in the industry it still feels this way (most days).
by teh_klev 11y ago
>"Writing a program and then running it is magic, in a way."
Even after 30 years in the industry it still feels this way (most days).
- pohl 11y agoAfter 30 years of bringing things into existence via mere incantation, I still forgive them.
- Kalium 11y agoOnce upon a time, would-be magicians believed that a mastery of obscure knowledge and arcane incantations could change reality. We are their heirs. Unlike them, we don't have to dream or lie. We speak correctly, and earth and fire heed our call. Unliving metal stirs at our command. We summon daemons and bind them to obedience. We build constructs of pure thought-stuff, and conjure them into being through effort of will. We are wizards and sourcerors, conjurers and magicians. We are what poets can only dream of.
- Lawtonfogle 11y agoYou should attend career day at local schools.
- Kalium 11y agoThis is the part where I blush and attempt to hide in the corner.
- veddox 11y agoWe speak wrongly, and we become the sorcerer's apprentice :D I love that little piece, I've got to save it somewhere!
- Kalium 11y ago"Sourceror's Apprentice" needs to be a job title for a junior engineer somewhere.