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> How could Rob Pike--who is older enough than me to have been programming since at least before I was born (when he wrote the first window manager for Unix in
by varjag 6y ago
> How could Rob Pike--who is older enough than me to have been programming since at least before I was born (when he wrote the first window manager for Unix in 1981)--only have had 30k hours as of 2013?
Seriously I think it's more about you overestimating the actual time you clocked programming than about Rob Pike.
I'm 43, working mostly as an IC since 1997, really doubt I spent more than 15k hours properly programming rather than fussing with customers, estimating, documenting, testing, screwing around with infra or reading.
- saurik 6y ago1) I have always strived to work alone, I eschew meetings, and I solve problems using software. I spent a lot of time doing community management, but remember that the conservative estimate only examines a third of my time: if, during the course of any given day, you haven't spent at least a third of those waking hours programming, are you even living your best life? ;P 2) I mean, if you are doing it "right" ;P, testing is also coding, as is "screwing around with infrastructure", and while I admit reading isn't always about programming... but shouldn't it be? I can recommend some blogs and wikis and mailing lists ;P. Like, the practice of playing tennis involves more than just hitting the ball: at minimum, you also--at least sometimes--have to spend some time retrieving the ball once hit.