For the developers amongst us

[rrh]

Enjoy

https://medium.com/@livecodingtv/10-habits-and-things-only-computer-programmers-know-63839df41d8e#.ma157e28l

 

[etienne_marais]

yup

 

[Dan C]

All BS.

 

[etienne_marais]

All BS.

Yah, it's a bit 80's

 

[Hamster]

Coders vs programmers vs developers

9-5 means 9-3 am .... well fsck your life

 

[[)roi(]]

the stereotype

 

[_kabal_]

The whole music thing is bull****. It is becoming expected that you must wear headphones. I can't stand listening to music while working.

 

[_kabal_]

Coders vs programmers vs developers

9-5 means 9-3 am .... well fsck your life

I don't know what the exact boundary is, or the definitions, but there is definitely a difference between a "programmer" and a "software developer". The one is a glorified typist, who relies on detailed stories and specs to get anything done, while the other views writing code as the easy part, a nessesary "evil" to get the job done.

 

[Hamster]

I don't know what the exact boundary is, or the definitions, but there is definitely a difference between a "programmer" and a "software developer". The one is a glorified typist, who relies on detailed stories and specs to get anything done, while the other views writing code as the easy part, a nessesary "evil" to get the job done.

I just classify all of them as junior, senior and useless developers.

 

[cguy]

I just classify all of them as junior, senior and useless developers.

When I'm in a dive bar, I'm a programmer. When I'm with my professional friends, I'm a software engineer. When I talk to finance people, I'm a quant/quant-dev. When I'm talking to prospective employers or head-hunters I'm a chief architect. I generally try to tone it down to the minimum level of pretentiousness required by the situation.

 

[Hamster]

When I'm in a dive bar, I'm a programmer. When I'm with my professional friends, I'm a software engineer. When I talk to finance people, I'm a quant/quant-dev. When I'm talking to prospective employers or head-hunters I'm a chief architect. I generally try to tone it down to the minimum level of pretentiousness required by the situation.

 

[NullHypothesis]

The whole music thing is bull****. It is becoming expected that you must wear headphones. I can't stand listening to music while working.

I feel exactly the same.

The whole article seems to me a veiled advertisement for "livecoding.tv" which seems like Twitch for programmers. Not only is the article not interesting at all (I'm surprised they missed the Cheetos stained fingers cliche) but I don't get the whole live-streaming of gaming/programming/plant growing etc. Although I see there is a video at livecoding.tv that piques my interest called "cakephp - hotsite - fetalsocial", which I'm assuming it's someone building a social network for fetuses using the Cake framework. So I may just check that out.

 

[neo_]

The whole music thing is bull****. It is becoming expected that you must wear headphones. I can't stand listening to music while working.

The same here - needs quiet.

 

[[)roi(]]

The same here - needs quiet.

Surely the work environment comes in to play; I've worked in a few open plan offices where the only way to I could concentrate with the ambient noise was to block it out with headphones.

 

[Necropolis]

/yawn.

I do prefer listening to music when working though - helps me not get distracted by anything else going on in the office around me.

 

[schuits]

Opened article.
Saw iMac.
Closed article.

 

[jonno_081]

Listening to music when the work is routine and boring... When coding something new and complicated, dead silence... and LOADS of coffee... I do agree on the do not disturb thing. I block everyone out

 

[Johnatan56]

The same here - needs quiet.

Plug in noise cancelling headphones with nothing playing. Depends on the environment.