nixCraft 🐧Aug 11, 2024
“Most programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program.” — Linus Torvalds
Show threadAlgoCompSynth by znmeb 🇺🇦Aug 11, 2024

@nixCraft I don't know what fraction of programmers do it because it is fun, but it certainly has been true for me since day one. And I suspect it's true for the really good ones.

I'm retired and I still do some programming every day.

Show threadPaul.Aug 11, 2024
@AlgoCompSynth I can only agree. Nothing is as fun and gratifying as programming, making something out of nothing and making it work.

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Show threadCody Boone FergusonAug 11, 2024

@paul @AlgoCompSynth @nixCraft me too.

There have been times where it was not fun but that was not because programming is not fun but rather because I was in a bad way at the time.

But I have always returned to it. I don’t see that changing.

I am sure some people do it for other reasons but I think they are missing the point made here. But who knows. Maybe they tried it and didn’t like it. It’s not for everyone.

Show threadPaul.
@xexyl Of course. When life gets in the way the wrong way, nothing is fun.

It's great meeting 'real programmers' here. People with code on the walls of their veins and arteries. I couldn't imagine life without coding, and as @AlgoCompSynth already said, I will code for fun when I'm retired.

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Aug 11, 2024 at 5:54pmWeb