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If you like programming like a craft or something almost magic, then work on something like that. There are jobs where the ratio of algorithms and problem solvi
by alkonaut 4y ago
If you like programming like a craft or something almost magic, then work on something like that. There are jobs where the ratio of algorithms and problem solving to plumbing is perfectly fine. You don’t have to work with apis and databases and and yaml.
I think too many get into software because of that magic feeling but then end up doing plumbing. Of course that’s not going to be as fulfilling as what you did on your ZX. But people plumb along or think that maybe it’s just time to go into management, they feel “done” with development. And that’s sad.
- tangjurine 4y agoWhat types of jobs? Are there others than: Game dev Research programming? Startups/greenfield projects?
- JonChesterfield 4y agoCompiler dev has its share of insane plumbing but also rewards stubbornly finding O(N) heuristics to non-polynomial problems. Cranelift are doing interesting things, e.g. https://bytecodealliance.org/articles/cranelift-progress-2022 https://bytecodealliance.org/articles/cranelift-progress-202...
- alkonaut 4y agoScientific/simulation, embedded, heavy desktop (e.g CAD), games, ML/AI etc Almost everything except “web development” I’d say.