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But why? I like writing code. Why in the world would I want to become someone that doesn't write code?
by sph 2mo ago
But why? I like writing code.
Why in the world would I want to become someone that doesn't write code?
- paxys 2mo agoThe person paying you doesn’t care about your enjoyment.
- sph 2mo agoI do care about my enjoyment. Or should my existence, wants and dreams solely be defined by my current employer? Are yours?
- tuesdaynight 2mo agoI don't understand what you want to hear. You can still code manually all you want, but people will not pay you for doing that in the near future. You can still do it for your personal projects.
- greazy 2mo agoYou're right, they won't be paying me to write code in the near future... They will be paying me to fix code. Good times ahead!
- vips7L 2mo agoYes they will.
- bravetraveler 2mo ago> I don't understand what you want to hear ... in the near future. Interjecting, here. Perhaps not an academic repeat of five years ago; is this an eon for Technology or not long enough? I've lost track. Anyway, I appreciate the optimism. An anecdote, from the ground floor: this industry has shown it's paying leagues of on-site hands to install systems, at scale, from USB keys. PXE products have existed for decades; we're writing one [to adopt] when we could take one off the shelf. These artisanal OS installations are too rich for my blood. Or, they would be, if this modernization didn't happen to be the code I'm still writing by hand. Half a decade in (or several) depending on perspective. I'll believe things are progressing as you say... when this type of mismanagement stops happening like clockwork. Want more chatbots/datacenters? Catch up to the mid-1980s; BOOTP 'just' dropped.
- throwaway-blaze 2mo agoI like writing code too. What I don't like doing is debugging code that just isn't doing what I want. Debugging CSS layout issues in Safari vs Chrome vs Firefox? Screw that...agent do it. Debugging layout issues in a React Native mobile app on Android on that one weird screen layout phone? Screw that....agent do it.
- willio58 2mo agoI thought I loved writing code. Turns out I like building shit. Why take a week to build something I can build in a day? I still like reviewing code, but I don’t need to physically write it