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It's the only thing I've ever been fairly good at which I can get paid for. Being a nerd/geek became more socially acceptable in the last 10 years.

• daniel-cussen 18y ago
  Where I grew up, it wasn't socially acceptable. Now, I had other nerdy characteristics, but I purposely stayed away from programming, D&D, and Star Trek precisely because they were nerdy. Now I'm trying to learn to program. It's slow, and I wish I had started earlier. I'm too old for this shit (http://xkcd.com/447/ http://xkcd.com/447/).
  • mroman 18y ago
    Your profile says you are 20 and you have concluded that you are too old for that "shit"? A. You are not too old. B. The problem is your attitude. You just referred to programming as "shit". Your tone implies you are referring to something you dislike. Now, I am not trying to flame you or put you down man, but come on . . . it's your attitude that is not right, not your age. Personally, I can't NOT program/study programming . . .
    • daniel-cussen 18y ago
      Don't take it at face value; "I'm to old for this shit" is a reference to the link. I was pointing out some of the (unjustified) frustration of a guy who started at 20 when others started out at 12 or so. In the link there's a comic of a guy who says he can't do math like he used to, until it's revealed he's thirteen. My point was, I'm aware I could have started younger, but I didn't. That doesn't mean I'm off the hook, though. I'm still learning to hack. I agree with you that giving up on programming just because I didn't start very early on would reveal a bad attitude.
      • mroman 18y ago
        Well, that is good to hear, right on.