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I can't understand why this upsets me.. I mean, this is obviously a person not interested in computers, and, that's really okay. But somehow, I'm left upset, ma
by dusted 6y ago
I can't understand why this upsets me.. I mean, this is obviously a person not interested in computers, and, that's really okay. But somehow, I'm left upset, maybe by the choice of ignorance? Maybe I feel offended by this person not caring how to learn the basics..
And, that's entirely my problem.. If they're fine with it, then that's all that should matter.
Damn, I was 13 years old when I ran my first webserver, I started by installing the OS and configuring Apache (got a lot of help on IRC) and I remember having to find a place, physically, to put it.. I was eventually allowed to place it in a room in the school, they arranged a static IP, and the trade was that they could also use it for hosting some image files..
I got my first domain back then, had to fax forms, on paper, with signatures, in ink, to hostmaster :D
Anyway, I guess, I'm offended because the things this person does not find interesting enough to learn, is the stuff that got me hooked.. Even in recent times, when, a few years ago, I discovered the awesomeness that is JQ.. And this person, they've not bothered to learn it, even though it's so damn good and can do so much for them...
Maybe I'm annoyed on their behalf.. But I've no right.
If they're happy, that's all that matters, and all I can do is rant, and wish the world was more like I wanted it. ;-)
Maybe I'm upset because this person tells me that they don't care enough to learn all the things I think are cool and that people should learn, because I like them.. My problem, entirely.
- ulucs 6y agoThey have programming as a career first while you have it as a hobby first. I wouldn't consider them wrong for doing this, but your annoyance at someone using your passion as a tool for their ends also is not unfounded.
- dusted 6y agoThat's actually a good point, I didn't think about that, for me, it is my hobby, my passion and my career, and it does just rub me, when people are doing it without the passion part. Again, I can't defend that emotion, it just does. It's like seeing this thing you care about, not receiving the care you feel it deserve I guess.
- odonnellryan 6y agoI have lots of friends in the industry who never care to do things correctly. It always bothered me. Not that I'm perfect - or even that I always do things better than they would - but often their solutions to problems are only the 'beginning' of what I'd call the software development process: getting it working (or worse, apparently working).