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To those not in the IT industry, what do you think programming is like? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago by httpjames@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I've always been curious as to what "normal" people think programming is like. The wildest theory I've heard is "typing ones and zeroes" (I'm a software engineer)

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[–] TIMMAY@lemmy.world 38 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think its like trying to get a toddler to accomplish a task and it keeps technically doing what you said but in an annoying and counterproductive way you didnt even think of yet and you have to just become insanely specific about what you want the toddler to do and when and in what order with what timing

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago (2 children)

That's actually really accurate when first learning to program. Eventually you figure out how to think like a toddler.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

But then you gotta deal with the teenagers.

You tell them exactly what to do, and they do most of the time, but they can twist words and meanings to come up and do something entirely different when it suits their needs.

[–] TIMMAY@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I cheated, my friends are in IT lol I get to hear a lot of complaints