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Did I say that programming isn't meaningful? No, I obviously didn't. But thanks for your hostile and blinkered response. I can think of examples of people in m
by sfpotter 3y ago
Did I say that programming isn't meaningful? No, I obviously didn't. But thanks for your hostile and blinkered response.
I can think of examples of people in my life who have these professions on either side of the coin (find it meaningful, find it a drag, whatever).
I'm a programmer and find it meaningful. I also know people who are programmers and hate it. In fact, I've also worked as a chef and a teacher. I found there to be both satisfying and unsatisfying things about each of these jobs.
Clearly, different people find different work meaningful.
Having a small percentage of the jobs in society be sufficiently well compensated is a sure path to a large number of people being unsatisfied in their careers.
- avgDev 3y agoI'm not trying to have an argument but you've said "There are many other jobs that frankly provide significantly more meaning and personal gratification to the person doing them". I was providing a counter argument to that statement because it sounded very "the grass is always greener on the other side". Not sure why you feel I was being hostile towards you. You seem to be really getting defensive in almost aggressive manner.