Programming since 1982. Programming is a blue-collar job. If you have the IQ, do not waste it in this industry, [Note: fast forward to 1h25m15s - @mk link is time stamped but here jumps to start] The entire interview is worth the view. He is such a sweetie. RIP.
I go back and forth on whether I think programming is a good career. Programming as a craft is a lot of fun. You can take pride in your craft, and that's always good. Computer science is fascinating and vast, so are are always exciting things happening and most of them you can recreate and play with on your desktop if you're so inclined. On the other, most of the things you can get paid to do are uninteresting at best, and things the world would be better off without at worst. But we get much more leniency from our employers than most workers, programmers having a reputation for being eccentrics and all (last month I got a good review and a very good raise from a man I'd told to get out of the way, shut the fuck up, and claim credit like a good little suit the week before. He did as I asked too.) , and almost all jobs are uninteresting at best and things the world would be better off without as worst.
What if the fun stuff you do in your free time is exactly what Mr BFV is talking about? nah I just personally feel pressured into doing just that for lack of social standards..
What if the fun stuff you do in your free time is exactly what Mr BFV is talking about? nah I just personally feel pressured into doing just that for lack of social standards..