▲ 206 ▼ I Started Programming When I Was 7. I'm 50 Now and the Thing I Loved Has Changed (www.jamesdrandall.com) submitted 5 months ago by codeinabox@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev 80 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/917810 Comments
[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 7 points 5 months ago (1 child) I mean you can ...but its gonna be slop. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 12 points 5 months ago (1 child) One can get paid and advance through a career producing slop. Good engineering is hard, and lots of that no longer happens. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 months ago (1 child) One can get paid and advance through a career producing slop. And thank goodness for that! LoL. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 5 months ago I wonder if how many people who write code for a living genuinely think, deep down, they're truly awful coders because they've only ever coded in an environment that demands the fastest, absolute barest minimum quality. It's so rare to get to write code exactly how one would prefer it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 12 points 5 months ago (1 child) One can get paid and advance through a career producing slop. Good engineering is hard, and lots of that no longer happens. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 months ago (1 child) One can get paid and advance through a career producing slop. And thank goodness for that! LoL. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 5 months ago I wonder if how many people who write code for a living genuinely think, deep down, they're truly awful coders because they've only ever coded in an environment that demands the fastest, absolute barest minimum quality. It's so rare to get to write code exactly how one would prefer it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 months ago (1 child) One can get paid and advance through a career producing slop. And thank goodness for that! LoL. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 5 months ago I wonder if how many people who write code for a living genuinely think, deep down, they're truly awful coders because they've only ever coded in an environment that demands the fastest, absolute barest minimum quality. It's so rare to get to write code exactly how one would prefer it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 5 months ago I wonder if how many people who write code for a living genuinely think, deep down, they're truly awful coders because they've only ever coded in an environment that demands the fastest, absolute barest minimum quality. It's so rare to get to write code exactly how one would prefer it. permalink fedilink source parent