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There's also something deliciously ironic about literally being on a treadmill while you're working. It's a metaphor we often use to describe the feeling of not
by tspike 12y ago
There's also something deliciously ironic about literally being on a treadmill while you're working. It's a metaphor we often use to describe the feeling of not getting anything done, or working just for the sake of working.
- VLM 12y agoThere is truth in that. However why are computer programmers utterly fascinated with the concept, but not, for example, accountants? Or stock traders? Or customer service? Those seem like even more stereotypically cyclical jobs. I propose the analogy of the "endless loop" of the treadmill and endless loop software bugs.