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This brought me back to the time my SO tried to explain an 84 year old lady she was assisting what is it that I do for a living. The consensus was that I'm a w
by Tade0 6y ago
This brought me back to the time my SO tried to explain an 84 year old lady she was assisting what is it that I do for a living.
The consensus was that I'm a writer.
Also there's one thing I ask everyone seeking to get into programming: "are you resistant to boredom?"
This appears to be a good predictor of future success.
- ironmagma 6y agoHmm, interesting. I can’t tell, though, if that question means, “do you not bore easily?” or “do you avoid boredom at all costs?”
- Tade0 6y agoSomething must have been lost in translation then. Pardon, I half of my vocabulary was shaped by RPGs. I was thinking of the former.
- WalterBright 6y agoI find football/baseball games to be incredibly boring. I posit that successful ball players must be highly resistant to boredom.
- perl4ever 6y agoI consider myself very easily bored, and that's why I ended up programming, because every bit of coding is about eliminating repetition.
- gfxgirl 6y agoYes I bore easily. Which is why I love programming. It's like having the largest set of legos possible. Infinite possibilities. Making games, graphics, diagrams, music, art, photos. Glad that I bore easily and programming is not boring.
- frou_dh 6y ago> This brought me back to the time my SO tried to explain an 84 year old lady she was assisting what is it that I do for a living. The consensus was that I'm a writer. Maybe relevant talk from DHH coming to the same conclusion: https://youtu.be/9LfmrkyP81M https://youtu.be/9LfmrkyP81M