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I get what you're saying, and I've observed this too. I think there is a divide that few people consciously point out, which is there is a difference between p
by tristor 4y ago
I get what you're saying, and I've observed this too. I think there is a divide that few people consciously point out, which is there is a difference between programming as an artform and programming as a career. From a career perspective, all of those things matter, as an artform they're likely not important at all. It's not that caring about programming is vulgar, it's that most people are focused on career so the majority of the conversation is optimized around the metrics that matter for careerist goals.
- mattgreenrocks 4y agoYeah for sure. I like both sides, which means I can either talk to everyone or I care too much/about the wrong things. :)
- tensor 4y agoI agree that there is nothing wrong with programming as an art. I enjoy things like the old demo scene, or writing the shortest code, or other forms of programming feats, even elegant designs or proofs. But when I'm building a product and hiring people, I absolutely do not care about those things. I'm hiring an engineer not an artist. If you want to do art in your spare time great, but on the job I want people to care only about building an easily maintained, bug free, performant application that satisfies the users needs. It doesn't have to use the best tech, it doesn't even need to have elegant code, just easily understood, fast, and bug free code. If developers separate code as art from code as a job I think they would be much happier. I know I made that transition many many years ago and am much happier for it. I still appreciate code as art, but in it's place.