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Having gone through a bit of a crisis of meaning personally lately, this article resonates deeply. I would encourage the author to look inward and question the
by snayan 1y ago
Having gone through a bit of a crisis of meaning personally lately, this article resonates deeply. I would encourage the author to look inward and question the beliefs that got them here.
I'd argue you didn't lose the joy of coding, you lost the illusion that coding made you real, that it made you you.
- uhhhd 1y agoThis is wise
- anonzzzies 1y agoI came to the same conclusion after 40+ years of programming: better if you come to that realisation earlier. Still love coding though, but I leave the paid work to my colleagues and llms: I just code for fun these days. I also write for fun and find it pretty similar, feeling and satisfaction wise.
- dimator 1y agoBut, what about the graduating senior who, yeah started because they love the craft, but also need a way to pay the bills for a few decades of their life?
- leptons 1y agoThere definitely are times that I lose the "joy of coding" and it has nothing to do with any illusions, it has everything to do with the kind of programming tasks I have to work on. Greenfield projects are the best, tech debt is the worst. Working on fun stuff is just fun.
- hinkley 1y agoWhile there's truth in what you say, I don't think anyone should ever lose feeling for an act of creation. It is never everything, but it should also never be nothing.
- snayan 1y agoI agree wholeheartedly. I'm not suggesting there's no value in the act of creation. I think the author has been telling himself that he derived joy from the act of creating, but his comments suggest otherwise, he was deriving joy from a false belief of what being a coder meant, about what it would provide him. There's a mismatch between what he believes he's getting out of coding, vs what he's actually getting. Put another way, reality is reality, there is no right reality, or wrong reality. Perceiving it as right or wrong is just our ego trying to bend reality to match our beliefs.
- tonyhart7 1y agoif you not special without it then so be it