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Ahhhh -bad times, when I was still programming for „fun“. Turned me into a „thinking in code“ zombie that had trouble dealing with people. Really turned my auti

Ahhhh -bad times, when I was still programming for „fun“. Turned me into a „thinking in code“ zombie that had trouble dealing with people. Really turned my autism dial to max.

rubyfan 6y ago
This. I used to spend 8+ hours a day coding (yes really) for work then ‘fun’. I often had a hard time around people in real life. It was like my nerves were on high gear and I was awkward and didn’t know when to engage the speech portion of my brain for normal conversation as if I was some observer. After not coding for a decade it’s much better. I can carry a conversation, especially after a beer.
- thisisnotabot 6y ago
  Oh wow that really hits home. What did you switch into? Less technical role or left Software/tech altogether?
  - rubyfan 6y ago
    Slow migration that just happened over time. I took an architect role that required technical knowledge but about 0% coding. Initially I was disappointed about that but went with it. Eventually I took a pure business role. Along the way I got better with people, still a bit of an introvert but able to fake my way through to an executive role. Every once in a while I’ll try to code something. I’m able to get by if I want. I get bored with it quick though and it doesn’t bring me the same kind of flow buzz mental stimulation it used to. I’ve gotta say though, the modern web wtf happened?
    - vagrantJin 6y ago
      React and JSX happened.
hokumguru 6y ago
Interesting use of quotations, any reason?
- pindab0ter 6y ago
  It looks like a German username. I’m Dutch: „It’s quite common to quote like this.” It’s only really for citations, not ‘scare quotes’. Their closing quotes look inverted though.
  - bhaak 6y ago
    It's not quite clear from your last sentence but in any case, for German these „quotation marks“ are completely correct. For printed texts, I personally prefer the »guillemets« variant, they look more even and symmetrical. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_mark#German https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_mark#German
    - samatman 6y ago
      Not that you asked, but the «French style» of guillemets is my favourite way to wrap a quotation out of all of them. Unicode has rather too many "quotemarks" and they all sort of run together. The German style of using them strikes me as aesthetically perverse, like the sentence is being pinched, or like a language which uses }braces like this{ !
      - abrowne 6y ago
        Real « French style » puts spaces inside (they should be thin spaces).
      - tasogare 6y ago
        Little typography nitpicking: the content inside the French quotes is supposed to be separated from the quote symbols by a (non-breaking) space, « like this ».
      - bhaak 6y ago
        Interesting different aesthetical preferences voiced in this thread. :-) As others already said, the French actually use the guillemets with thin spaces but the Swiss use them without. But the outward pointing of the guillemets looks really odd to me. I like that the inward pointing guillemets basically scream "look at me, I'm a quoted part!".
thisisnotabot 6y ago
Out of curiosity what job did you move to? I'm in almost the exact same boat, extended periods of time working on code lead to an odd mental state.
- Traubenfuchs 6y ago
  I am still trapped in the developer role and I don't really see the way out at the moment, but I hate it. I don't program privately at all anymore and I do my best to take on tasks at work that require no programming. If there are straight programming tasks, I just take as much rest as I need, which can be, relative to my normal fulltime working hours, a lot. I have become efficient enough to perform adequately even when doing that.
nmfisher 6y ago
I've found this too. When I'm knee-deep in code, my brain gets locked into "problem mode" and it can't recompose itself for communicating with others like a normal human being. I need a good 2-3 hours away from the problem before my brain relaxes and I can actually talk without sounding like I'm stoned or mildly autistic.

Ahhhh -bad times, when I was still programming for „fun“. Turned me into a „thinking in code“ zombie that had trouble dealing with people. Really turned my autism dial to max.

rubyfan 6y ago

This. I used to spend 8+ hours a day coding (yes really) for work then ‘fun’. I often had a hard time around people in real life. It was like my nerves were on high gear and I was awkward and didn’t know when to engage the speech portion of my brain for normal conversation as if I was some observer. After not coding for a decade it’s much better. I can carry a conversation, especially after a beer.

thisisnotabot 6y ago
Oh wow that really hits home. What did you switch into? Less technical role or left Software/tech altogether?
- rubyfan 6y ago
  Slow migration that just happened over time. I took an architect role that required technical knowledge but about 0% coding. Initially I was disappointed about that but went with it. Eventually I took a pure business role. Along the way I got better with people, still a bit of an introvert but able to fake my way through to an executive role. Every once in a while I’ll try to code something. I’m able to get by if I want. I get bored with it quick though and it doesn’t bring me the same kind of flow buzz mental stimulation it used to. I’ve gotta say though, the modern web wtf happened?
  - vagrantJin 6y ago
    React and JSX happened.

hokumguru 6y ago

Interesting use of quotations, any reason?

pindab0ter 6y ago
It looks like a German username. I’m Dutch: „It’s quite common to quote like this.” It’s only really for citations, not ‘scare quotes’. Their closing quotes look inverted though.
- bhaak 6y ago
  It's not quite clear from your last sentence but in any case, for German these „quotation marks“ are completely correct. For printed texts, I personally prefer the »guillemets« variant, they look more even and symmetrical. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_mark#German https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_mark#German
  - samatman 6y ago
    Not that you asked, but the «French style» of guillemets is my favourite way to wrap a quotation out of all of them. Unicode has rather too many "quotemarks" and they all sort of run together. The German style of using them strikes me as aesthetically perverse, like the sentence is being pinched, or like a language which uses }braces like this{ !
    - abrowne 6y ago
      Real « French style » puts spaces inside (they should be thin spaces).
    - tasogare 6y ago
      Little typography nitpicking: the content inside the French quotes is supposed to be separated from the quote symbols by a (non-breaking) space, « like this ».
    - bhaak 6y ago
      Interesting different aesthetical preferences voiced in this thread. :-) As others already said, the French actually use the guillemets with thin spaces but the Swiss use them without. But the outward pointing of the guillemets looks really odd to me. I like that the inward pointing guillemets basically scream "look at me, I'm a quoted part!".

thisisnotabot 6y ago

Out of curiosity what job did you move to? I'm in almost the exact same boat, extended periods of time working on code lead to an odd mental state.

Traubenfuchs 6y ago
I am still trapped in the developer role and I don't really see the way out at the moment, but I hate it. I don't program privately at all anymore and I do my best to take on tasks at work that require no programming. If there are straight programming tasks, I just take as much rest as I need, which can be, relative to my normal fulltime working hours, a lot. I have become efficient enough to perform adequately even when doing that.

nmfisher 6y ago

I've found this too. When I'm knee-deep in code, my brain gets locked into "problem mode" and it can't recompose itself for communicating with others like a normal human being. I need a good 2-3 hours away from the problem before my brain relaxes and I can actually talk without sounding like I'm stoned or mildly autistic.