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That's my general attitude about programming, but the invisible hand supplies many bitter and uninterested software developers to meet the industry's demand.
by gavmor 2y ago
That's my general attitude about programming, but the invisible hand supplies many bitter and uninterested software developers to meet the industry's demand.
- dematz 2y agovery pedantic point: the programmer in your example is uninterested in programming, as they don't like enjoy learning software development, but not disinterested in programming, as they do have a financial interest in software development
- gavmor 2y agoThanks, I love the English language. Edit: you know, I don't think you're being merely pedantic, as this precise difference is the exact crux of the issue, isn't it?
- bryanlarsen 2y agoOTOH I know many that are not enthusiastic about programming but are massive assets to their company even though their job partially involves programming. Many of them make more than I do. examples: SRE, devrel, management, front-end/design, support, sales support, ... Most of these are pretty good Python or Javascript or sh programmers. None of them are good at C, C++, assembly or Rust.
- sshine 2y agoRust is a very ungrateful language if you're not trying to solve Rust-like problems. Go has the quality, like Python, of being passable even if you're indifferent. Go is a "less spicy Java", and Java isn't even spicy. (Also, I code Rust for a living, and I absolutely love it, but I understand why others might not.)