[TDWTF] Programming is Hard

[The_Librarian]

Instead, I want to focus on a few other related things:

• Programming is hard
• Skill has value
• Programming should be hard
• That doesn’t mean we can’t make programming accessible to non-programmers

Now, what do we mean by “hard”? There’s the obvious definition: you have to do a lot of work to succeed. Time and energy have to be invested. Or, it’s a task that requires great skill and talent. These are our common ideas of “hard”, and they’re more what I meant in my original comment, but I want to highlight an alternate definition of “hard”.

This interesting article can be read here : http://thedailywtf.com/articles/programming-is-hard

 

[K3NS31]

No comments...
Well, I thought it was interesting.

 

[Hamster]

/reads

 

[Solarion]

Practice, then it won't be hard. You can't expect to know everything. Take one guy who does game programming and another guy who develops cargo tracking systems and let them swap roles for the day and they will both sweat. You can't be the jack of all trades so you need to specialize.

 

[Hamster]

Practice, then it won't be hard. You can't expect to know everything. Take one guy who does game programming and another guy who develops cargo tracking systems and let them swap roles for the day and they will both sweat. You can't be the jack of all trades so you need to specialize.

You should read the article, or attempt to (I got bored barely halfway in). Just some guy rambling on about...nothing.

 

[etienne_marais]

You can't be the jack of all trades so you need to specialize.

This. How I envy the UK programming scene where a developer is not expected to be a Jack of All Trades.

 

[Hamster]

This. How I envy the UK programming scene where a developer is not expected to be a Jack of All Trades.

Jack of all trades/fullstack developer is all the rage here in RSA though which means lots of monneh

 

[Neoprod]

I enjoyed the article though being a dev isn't my trade. I liked his point about it being hard because of how many ways there are to do things...thats pretty true of software development. It's very easy to get functions out...when you're having to tweak throughout that function's lifecycle, it's probable it could have been done better at the start.

 

[cguy]

You should read the article, or attempt to (I got bored barely halfway in). Just some guy rambling on about...nothing.

Yup - I scanned it, and thought it was too badly written to waste time reading.

Edit: lol - rereading it, it looks like an auto generated article similar too:

https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/archive/scigen/

probably isn't though...

 

[[)roi(]]

...bit of a snooze fest...

 

[Solarion]

You should read the article, or attempt to (I got bored barely halfway in). Just some guy rambling on about...nothing.

I tried to read it but got bored about a quarter way in yes just saying the obvious without saying much. Full stack developers now what does that entail for a Win Forms developer?

 

[Hamster]

I tried to read it but got bored about a quarter way in yes just saying the obvious without saying much. Full stack developers now what does that entail for a Win Forms developer?

MS Access

 

[Solarion]

MS Access

Hectic...

I use text documents as my database anyway. Keeping it real.

 

[Hamster]

Hectic...

I use text documents as my database anyway. Keeping it real.

SQLite or GTFO!

 

[Solarion]

SQLite or GTFO!

I'll have none of that language here. Go and wash your filthy CMOS out right now young man.