4 ms·
Rather that than digging ditches at 50. Never thought of programming as a thing you give up when you get older.
by lurkinggrue 14y ago
Rather that than digging ditches at 50.
Never thought of programming as a thing you give up when you get older.
- ianstallings 14y agoA lot of people do because after 20 years it kind of blends all together. You're building the same thing you did 20 years ago and nothing has improved. The tools are still buggy, the managers still have no clue, and the hours are still insane. I'm crazy, so I'm not really sure why others do it.
- malachismith 14y agoExactly why I stopped programming in my 30s. Figured I would try to solve management problems as that could do more good for programmers than any code I wrote. Turned out to be harder than I thought.
- lurkinggrue 14y agoI never wanted to manage as that involved people and it is much harder to code around those problems.