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Is programming repetitive?

I can program in C, Perl, and whatever else you throw at me. (ie. given enough time.)

I can write any program you want me to. (ie. given enough time.)

I can do anything my computer hardware allows me to. (ie. given enough time.)

At this point and present time, I can write nearly anything. I sit here programming. I think to myself, "I'm just typing". Eventually, the program will be done. I type. I type. I type. Eventually, it will be done.

Should people work on things that "will be done"? There's nothing to explore. You know it's there. It's not changing. It just sits and waits for you to finish. 'Til you get to that finish point; that point you can see from the beginning. Why should people do mindless work? Shouldn't time be spent doing things that can't be seen? Things unknown? I'm bored: bored with programming.

-A\Q-

"Such work is an abstraction for such explorations.": I know. It's used as an abstraction for such explorations. Yet, I can't help but think, why should people go to college to sit and program in cubicles, or even work a company?

"What about research? That's unknown.": I can't call a computer research department 'unknown' either. Everything that will be found there can be done now, just not as efficient or clean.

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Will programming eventually be a job performed by the general worker? Will it be a job equivalent to fast food service?

Alboin wrote:Will programming eventually be a job performed by the general worker? Will it be a job equivalent to fast food service?

I believe it is possible yes, though i doubt it will ever happen.

I was going to write a great deal more but halfway through i realised that i wasnt qualified and would just make a fool of my self

You sound like you need inspiration. Maybe you don't like programming (just because you're good at something doesn't mean you like it). If you want to up your programming skills to practical use, join an open source project that's looking for developers, or join a software company.

Emigrate to India! They have farms of .NET coders there...

Of course programming is repetitive. You decide to make something and then you make it, it is the general approach to complete something. If you feel bored then you have decided to do the wrong task and have to find a more appealing task.

And on a really depressing note. look at your daily routine. Every single day you get up, eat, do some work, eat more, do some more work, eat, get to bed.

So to conclude: life is boring. Get used to it

os64dev wrote:So to conclude: life is boring. Get used to it

I think it's time for him to have a SeaChange (tm). (An Australian TV show where people bored with their life move from a city/beach/town to another city/beach/town. Wait, wasn't SeaChange some other show? I'm not good with show names )

psychodelics FTW!

lukem_95 wrote:psychodelics FTW!

Are you suggesting I'm on something? (It wouldn't be the first time that was suggested, actually....)

Maybe you could explain...

I know exactly what you mean, I went though the same thing a couple of months ago. Just remember to keep programming (even if it's only one line a week), this keeps you at your best still (you'll soon start finding that you can't program as you can now, and start getting less and less motivated to program).

@osdev: Life is just work (we work to live, but really we live to work).

MessiahAndrw wrote:

os64dev wrote:So to conclude: life is boring. Get used to it

I think it's time for him to have a SeaChange (tm). (An Australian TV show where people bored with their life move from a city/beach/town to another city/beach/town. Wait, wasn't SeaChange some other show? I'm not good with show names )

SeaChange... That was on the ABC

ABC: home of all the good shows (Chaser's War on Everything, Spicks, the 7:30 report )

pcmattman wrote:

MessiahAndrw wrote:

os64dev wrote:So to conclude: life is boring. Get used to it

I think it's time for him to have a SeaChange (tm). (An Australian TV show where people bored with their life move from a city/beach/town to another city/beach/town. Wait, wasn't SeaChange some other show? I'm not good with show names )

SeaChange... That was on the ABC

ABC: home of all the good shows (Chaser's War on Everything, Spicks, the 7:30 report )

SeaChange wasn't the show I was looking for. I was looking for that reality TV show, I think it was hosted by Michael Caton?

Anyone can write a program. A compiler and linker are tools. The language is not the product of you're work. Just like anyone could learn to use mechanical tools to perform a job.