That there's something inherently special about me that makes me able to program....
... Yes...patience and interest.
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The things that make me a good programmer:
- I read error messages
- I put those errors in Google
- I read the results that come up
Even among my peers, that gives me a leg up apparently.
Don't underestimate what having the necessary intuitions do engage with mathematics does for you. A significant portion of the population is incapable of that, mostly because we have a very poor way of teaching it as a subject.
Funny you should say that as I was thinking that the idea that math has anything to do with programming is the biggest misconprehension I encounter.
A lot people compleatly overrate the amount of math required. Like its probably a week since I used a aritmetic operator.
Sometimes when people see me struggle with a bit of mental maths or use a calculator for something that is usually easy to do mentally, they remark "aren't you a programmer?"
I always respond with "I tell computers how to do maths, I don't do the maths"
That just because I'm a programmer that must mean I'm a master of anything technology related and can totally help out with their niche problems.
"Hey computer guy, how do I search for new channels on my receiver?"
"Hey computer guy, my excel spreadsheet is acting weird"
"My mobile data isn't working. Fix this."
My friend was a programmer and served in the army, people ordered him to go fix a sattelite. He said he has no idea how but they made him try anyways. It didn't work and everyone was disappointed.
My neighbour asked me to take a look at her refrigerator because it wasn't working. I am a software developer.
Don't pretend you suck at these things. You know very well you are fucking equipped to fix this kind of thing when you work with programming. Unless you're, like a web developer or something ofc
You are part of the problem
Nope
Why should I fix any of those peasant problems if I can order the lowly technician to fix my computer which I use to make crappy SQL queries? 🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐
Because you are a nice person to your relatives????
- You're a hacker (only if you count the shit I program as hacks, being hack jobs)
- You can fix printers
- You're some sort of super sherlock for guessing the reason behind problems (they'll tell you "my computer is giving me an error", fail to provide further details and fume at your inability to guess what's wrong when they fail to replicate)
- If it's on the screen, it's production ready
If it’s on the screen, it’s production ready
"I gave you a PNG, why can't you just make it work?"
I once had a friend who told me, that he finds it interesting that I think and write in 1s and 0s.
Confuse him with "I used to do that but I'm nonbinary now"
"Just"
That one word has done a fuck ton of lifting over my career.
"Can't you just make it do this"
I can't "just" do anything you fuck head! It takes time and lots of effort!
It's a meme to say "can't you just" at my workplace
"Would you kindly"...
I like to say:
We have a half finished skyscraper, and you're asking me to Just add a new basement between the second and third floor. Do you see how that might be difficult? If we want to do it, we have to tear down the entire building floor by floor, then build up again from the second floor. Are you prepared to spend the money and push back the release date for that new feature?
I think that non-tech people think that tech just goes. Like you pull it out of a box and turn it on and it just works. They have no idea how much jenk is in everything and how much jenk was eradicated before a user came went anywhere near.
What do you mean by jenk? Is that a specific term used to refer to tech junk?