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> an enormous number of people (undergrads) i met while doing my phd in cs at xyz-elite school did not love cs and they were almost all uniformly excellent. the

by beej71 2y ago

> an enormous number of people (undergrads) i met while doing my phd in cs at xyz-elite school did not love cs and they were almost all uniformly excellent. the ones i kept track ended up in FAANG or quantfi or whatever tough/challenging software engineering role. These sound to me like people who "wanted it", and probably had a harder time than people who loved the work. > i wonder who you think enjoys being an accountant I admit to only knowing two accountants, but they love it. For me, accountancy books are good as a general anesthetic. Let me put it this way, instead: if you hate programming with a passion, you're going to have a lot of trouble motivating to put in the work to get good at it.

almostgotcaught 2y ago
> These sound to me like people who "wanted it", and probably had a harder time than people who loved the work. yea all of these elite engineers at FAANG had a harder time than all of the lisp/hobby/gamedev/etc coders that just love it. totally. > if you hate programming with a passion, you're going to have a lot of trouble motivating to put in the work to get good at it. i absolutely hate programming. i hate it more than any other job i've done. i put in the thousands of hours over the last ~2 years getting good at it and i am very very good at it. and i'm not talking about research code, i'm talking clean, production quality, engineering code. the reason i did this is because i knew i'd get paid a fat signing bonus/RSUs/cash base at the end. simple. so you're just wrong.
- beej71 2y ago
  I guess so. You hate it with a passion but you're totally motivated to do it; you get up in the morning rearing to go and spend every waking moment considering how to improve the craft. Well done you.
  - almostgotcaught 2y ago
    > you get up in the morning rearing to go and spend every waking moment considering how to improve the craft Are you unfamiliar with the concept of money?

by beej71 2y ago

almostgotcaught 2y ago

> These sound to me like people who "wanted it", and probably had a harder time than people who loved the work. yea all of these elite engineers at FAANG had a harder time than all of the lisp/hobby/gamedev/etc coders that just love it. totally. > if you hate programming with a passion, you're going to have a lot of trouble motivating to put in the work to get good at it. i absolutely hate programming. i hate it more than any other job i've done. i put in the thousands of hours over the last ~2 years getting good at it and i am very very good at it. and i'm not talking about research code, i'm talking clean, production quality, engineering code. the reason i did this is because i knew i'd get paid a fat signing bonus/RSUs/cash base at the end. simple. so you're just wrong.

beej71 2y ago
I guess so. You hate it with a passion but you're totally motivated to do it; you get up in the morning rearing to go and spend every waking moment considering how to improve the craft. Well done you.
- almostgotcaught 2y ago
  > you get up in the morning rearing to go and spend every waking moment considering how to improve the craft Are you unfamiliar with the concept of money?