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Having programmed for 50 years and going strong, why would I want to submerge myself in pettifoggery? It sounds like something to be left to naive young softwa
by oldmancoyote 8y ago
Having programmed for 50 years and going strong, why would I want to submerge myself in pettifoggery? It sounds like something to be left to naive young software engineers who need to learn more about the real world.
- rorykoehler 8y agoDepends if you are motivated to leave a legacy and a better world for the next generation or not. I can totally understand why you wouldn't want to do legal work but that doesn't mean it isn't the highest impact thing you could do at the stage you are at in your career.
- jaquers 8y agoI'm not sure I want laws to reflect the rigid thinking on display in OP's comment...
- justboxing 8y ago> Having programmed for 50 years and going strong... Wow. That means you started in 1968. Professionally or as a kid? Hats off to you sir!
- jazoom 8y agoA programmer older than (Unix) time itself.
- oldmancoyote 8y agoThank you. I was a senior at Stanford.
- xellisx 8y agoHaving been a web developer for about 20 years (on and off professionally), I've seen trends where we start off from a point, it's mess, we clean it up and get towards doing 'best practices' and something comes along to totally mess that up. Usually something with the promise of quick and easy and some how it takes hold. While yes, quick and easy to start, but experienced developers know what is quick and easy in the beginning only means a magnitude of work of resolving what that has caused.