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I definitely think that an artist should be able to relate to the idea of creating things. Its quite possible that her statement of finding what is under the ho

I definitely think that an artist should be able to relate to the idea of creating things. Its quite possible that her statement of finding what is under the hood to be "uninteresting" is actually a way of saying that she finds it complex and intimidating. I think that rather than showing her complex beautiful code that does crazy things, I'd have her actually try something simple so that programming is no longer some complicated abstract concept. Maybe get her to do tryruby.org, or even help her create a basic HTML site. While I agree with someone else's comment that you shouldn't force her to do any of this if she isn't interested...I do think that as your girlfriend she should be interested in learning more about what you do all day and what you are passionate about. Just my two cents...

actionbrandon 15y ago
Nah, I don't think she (or you) should be required to be interested in your job. I sometimes try to explain things to my girlfriend to see if I actually understand them. If I can make her understand the concept--then I feel like I know what I'm talking about. She'll listen and play along, but it's boring to her. Thats fine. She's a law student and I do the same for her, but I think contracts and crap are as boring as she thinks algorithmic trading is and that's fine too. We both spend all day with people who love that stuff. After recapping our days, there's plenty of other fun stuff to talk about and do. The key to making it work is we are both able to tell when the others eyes are starting to glaze over. Before you try forcing it, try to imagine a two hour discussion about paint brush selection or something you could really care less about.