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My original response is not about it being a valid hobby or not. I'm simply saying that there's nothing about mechanical watches which should seem particularly
by microcolonel 10y ago
My original response is not about it being a valid hobby or not. I'm simply saying that there's nothing about mechanical watches which should seem particularly attractive to a software developer, which was the original assertion of lunaru.
- Cookingboy 10y agoYes, because your taste represent all software developers right? I'm a software developer, I've worked at YC startups as well as big companies like Google, and I have a degree in Computer Engineering so I know the hardware side of things as well. And I freaking love, love mechanical watches.
- walshemj 10y agoA "Developer" should have an appreciation of quality engineering in any form - At my first Job at CIT one of the other tenants had a side biz in rebuilding spitfires and we used to all go out a watch when they where showing it off - if seeing and hearing a spitfire doesn't make your heart sing then I am sad for you
- marvelous 10y agoI am not into mechanical watches at all, but I see a big point that is common with software: the incredible scale of the complexity that can be reached by a craftsman. You often have to go into large scale engineering to find that in other fields.