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I am really bad at puzzles and dislike solving them. Just can’t be arsed, there’s nothing at stake and the lack of reward is boring. Been programming since I w
by Swizec 6y ago
I am really bad at puzzles and dislike solving them. Just can’t be arsed, there’s nothing at stake and the lack of reward is boring.
Been programming since I was 9* and it’s the best thing ever. Precisely because it’s full of problems worth solving. There’s a reward beyond “You figured it out”, maybe you’re the first ever to figure out this particular puzzle, it something starts working that wasn’t before, or you do a thing that previously was impossible.
But puzzles? Meh
* that’s a good 24 years of writing at least a little code almost every day
- standardUser 6y agoStrongly agree. I've played every kind of esoteric video games except for puzzle games and I've never solved a Rubik's cube. But ask me why I like programming "oh, it's like solving all these different puzzles all day long!".
- h43k3r 6y agoThis is so true of me. Never really liked solving puzzles, cubes, riddles etc. But programming, oh boy I Love it. Have spent hours non stop debugging complex things in OS, Networks, Distributed systems etc. The feeling of solving it at the end is a small dose of drug.