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I think with programming there is so much value to just trying out different things because you're constantly learning that this effort isn't necessarily wasted
by ssharp 9y ago
I think with programming there is so much value to just trying out different things because you're constantly learning that this effort isn't necessarily wasted. Some people probably learn by working on meaningful projects, others (like me, apparently) are just trying to get out of doing something they don't want to do.
Or maybe I'm just justifying being lazy!
- Jtsummers 9y ago"We will encourage you to develop the three great virtues of a programmer: laziness, impatience, and hubris." -- Larry Wall Myself and many others I've met who took up programming independent of their college degree seemed to have started because of laziness and impatience. We wanted something done, but we didn't want to do it manually (or all the work manually). My first real programs in high school were solving data analysis problems for my science classes and automating a survey that I was using for a science fair experiment.
- laumars 9y agoOh I didn't mean to imply it was an wasted effort. Far from it. It just amuses me how much effort us geeks put into the avoidance of manual or repetitive jobs. I don't think it's a bad virtue to have either. It's just the lengths we sometimes goto can sometimes be a source for humour.