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"I find it quite frustrating at the personal level. I miss learning things in depth. I miss the sense of satisfaction from attaining a level of expertise. I mis
by juvenn 17y ago
"I find it quite frustrating at the personal level. I miss learning things in depth. I miss the sense of satisfaction from attaining a level of expertise. I miss getting to explore obtuse and obscure areas of knowledge."
- HeyLaughingBoy 17y agoHow about getting to know your problem domain in depth instead? Gaining a sense of satisfaction from being an expert in the business and automating the work so knowledge of obtuse and obscure bits of data is no longer needed? I'd rather be known for having built an amazing product that anyone can use than for mastering some obscure bit of the technology.
- gloob 17y agoHow about getting to know your problem domain in depth instead? If I had wanted to be a biologist, or a businessman, or a banker, I would have become one of those things. My domain is computers, and computers are what I am interested in. I will take playing with pointers over $different_kind_of_work any day. I think it's just a personality thing, but that's the way it is for me. I would guess that a sizeable minority of programmers are like that.