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I'm going to give this comment more consideration and reply than it probably deserves: You'd be surprised how much crosses over between programming and various
by RickS 10y ago
I'm going to give this comment more consideration and reply than it probably deserves:
You'd be surprised how much crosses over between programming and various redneckery. Jankily slapping together an MVP on some shaky stack shares a lot with backyard cars, DIY home repair, and the like.
At the bottom, it's all learning and rearranging systems, using your mind to save you having to pay someone else to do it in a way that maybe doesn't match your vision.
It's all building shit. I'm in the finance industry by day, but I'm building furniture and ripping cars apart at night, and I can tell you - rednecks have a lot of shit figured out.
- thesagan 10y agoAdding to your point: Many of the Mercury-Gemini-Apollo astronauts were originally farm boys who enjoyed tinkering.
- danielcampos93 10y agoThis. I grew up in a Huge mega city with sprawling art scene etc and went to college in Rural NY. Initially I(and everyone I knew) was afraid of the people, A.K.A. mingling with the Rednecks. Within a few weeks I had learned more than years in big city had taught me. Much like talking to mechanics in Cuba, when you don't have the parts or the people to fix it you figure out fun and funky ways to keep things alive. That and despite being an Immigrant/different/exactly who Rednecks were supposed to hate, all I ever found from everyone(all the way to their grandparents) was kindness.