I don't really think of programming as a career skill - I'm a hobbyist. But I love it, and I love learning about it, even the really low-level stuff. I like rea

I don't really think of programming as a career skill - I'm a hobbyist. But I love it, and I love learning about it, even the really low-level stuff. I like reading about algorithms, and data structures, and architecture. Computers, on the other hand, I despise. Every piece of knowledge I have to learn about how a specific computer works, not in the sense of ALUs and registers and whatnot, but in the sense of 'if Windows gets a BSOD it's probably the boot usb you've left plugged in', I hate - and only let into my brain with a great deal of teeth-grinding and swearing. Fundamentally, computers are interesting devices. Using them, however, is generally horrible. So I can see why people get into programming without really taking an interest on the devices we normally use to program on. I think programming would be an interesting activity if you were just doing it with pen and paper. For me, it's really a shame that the best device we have available for it is some kind of crazy-house compendium of horrors and bizarre compromises.