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>You have to sweat through six months of weird error messages and missing semicolons before you get to the point where it feels like you're actually building th
by javajosh 3y ago
>You have to sweat through six months of weird error messages and missing semicolons before you get to the point where it feels like you're actually building things and making progress.
Computers are rude and honest and humans prefer a pretty lie to an ugly truth. Programmers must appreciate the ugly truth in their day-to-day lives more than any other profession. (Physical engineering and construction workers and repairers also need this virtue, but less often since their feedback cycles are slower.)
- k0k0 3y agoMore than doctors? Feedback cycles in the OR and ICU get pretty fucking short. I do think the overall premise is silly, programming isn’t that special in this regard in my opinion. Most professions are like this, they just might not be the most visible ones like politics, journalism, show biz. Software developer have more to learn from other professions than they often think (the old engineering professions understand this a bit better)