Comments on: If It’s Worth Having, It’s Worth Working Hard For http://www.simmoril.com/blog/?p=281 Putting the voices in my head on paper. Mon, 31 May 2010 09:04:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jake McArthur http://www.simmoril.com/blog/?p=281&cpage=1#comment-42062 Jake McArthur Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:05:45 +0000 http://www.simmoril.com/blog/?p=281#comment-42062 I'd say it's far more than 10 years. Admittedly, I was very young when I started programming, so it might be the case that the 16 or so years of experience I have has helped me less than it would have if I had started today and gone for just 10 years with the advantage of already having some more wisdom from age, but even now I have a lot to learn, and there is yet more to learn every day. I sometimes get a bit conceited sometimes (I try to keep it to myself at least), but in the big picture I'm just another nobody programmer. I’d say it’s far more than 10 years. Admittedly, I was very young when I started programming, so it might be the case that the 16 or so years of experience I have has helped me less than it would have if I had started today and gone for just 10 years with the advantage of already having some more wisdom from age, but even now I have a lot to learn, and there is yet more to learn every day. I sometimes get a bit conceited sometimes (I try to keep it to myself at least), but in the big picture I’m just another nobody programmer.

]]> By: Brad http://www.simmoril.com/blog/?p=281&cpage=1#comment-41621 Brad Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.simmoril.com/blog/?p=281#comment-41621 Comments chopped after less than character... I still have less than 10 years experience and will feel better when I have 15. Comments chopped after less than character… I still have less than 10 years experience and will feel better when I have 15.

]]> By: Brad http://www.simmoril.com/blog/?p=281&cpage=1#comment-41619 Brad Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:10:12 +0000 http://www.simmoril.com/blog/?p=281#comment-41619 10 years: a couple of years ago I would've agreed. Now that I have more experience, I say 15 (as the book "Software Craftsmanship" asserts). I still have 10 years: a couple of years ago I would’ve agreed. Now that I have more experience, I say 15 (as the book “Software Craftsmanship” asserts).
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]]> By: nuintari http://www.simmoril.com/blog/?p=281&cpage=1#comment-41528 nuintari Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:25:56 +0000 http://www.simmoril.com/blog/?p=281#comment-41528 ^^^ I'm guilty of that sin myself, my mother is an English major. I guess I do not make her proud in that regard. ^^^ I’m guilty of that sin myself, my mother is an English major. I guess I do not make her proud in that regard.

]]> By: Simmoril http://www.simmoril.com/blog/?p=281&cpage=1#comment-41344 Simmoril Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:17:27 +0000 http://www.simmoril.com/blog/?p=281#comment-41344 @Phillip: Thanks for catching my error. I guess I rely on those red squiggly lines in Wordpress' editor just a little too much. ;-) @Phillip:

Thanks for catching my error. I guess I rely on those red squiggly lines in WordPress’ editor just a little too much. ;-)

]]> By: Phillip J. Eby http://www.simmoril.com/blog/?p=281&cpage=1#comment-41339 Phillip J. Eby Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:53:29 +0000 http://www.simmoril.com/blog/?p=281#comment-41339 Grammar is hard, too, apparently. ;-) "It's" is not a possessive, it's a contraction of "it is". So you mean "its runtime" and "its security vulnerabilities". Feel free to delete this comment - I'm trying to be helpful, not a grammar nazi, and meta-discussion like this isn't helpful once you've fixed the error. ;-) Grammar is hard, too, apparently. ;-) “It’s” is not a possessive, it’s a contraction of “it is”. So you mean “its runtime” and “its security vulnerabilities”.

Feel free to delete this comment – I’m trying to be helpful, not a grammar nazi, and meta-discussion like this isn’t helpful once you’ve fixed the error. ;-)

]]> By: Binary Code » Follow-up Reading on “Computer Science” http://www.simmoril.com/blog/?p=281&cpage=1#comment-41338 Binary Code » Follow-up Reading on “Computer Science” Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:36:13 +0000 http://www.simmoril.com/blog/?p=281#comment-41338 [...] Domain’s If It’s Worth Having, It’s Worth Working Hard For weighs in on the difference between just creating your software and actually understanding your [...] [...] Domain’s If It’s Worth Having, It’s Worth Working Hard For weighs in on the difference between just creating your software and actually understanding your [...]

]]> By: nuintari http://www.simmoril.com/blog/?p=281&cpage=1#comment-41332 nuintari Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:57:44 +0000 http://www.simmoril.com/blog/?p=281#comment-41332 I agree completely, there is an entire class of programmers out there who believe they will get rich quick in this line of work, but simply have no real aptitude for it. Programming is not only hard, it takes a special way of thinking, Its the blend of math and engineering, with music and sculpture, focused in a procedural box of a language that you _need_ to think outside of to be successful, that not everyone can do. You have to have that ability before you can even hope to become an adept. Some people could study for ten years, working hard, and never become even mediocre. I would hope they would burn out sooner, find a line of work where they can flourish and be happy, but the current belief that computers are where the money is, has a lot of people trying to be something they are not. I agree completely, there is an entire class of programmers out there who believe they will get rich quick in this line of work, but simply have no real aptitude for it. Programming is not only hard, it takes a special way of thinking, Its the blend of math and engineering, with music and sculpture, focused in a procedural box of a language that you _need_ to think outside of to be successful, that not everyone can do. You have to have that ability before you can even hope to become an adept. Some people could study for ten years, working hard, and never become even mediocre. I would hope they would burn out sooner, find a line of work where they can flourish and be happy, but the current belief that computers are where the money is, has a lot of people trying to be something they are not.

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