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

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Actual programming is punished by your boss, the IP lawyer, and the customer.

Backup backup backup. If anything breaks rollback till it works again.

Implement machine learning for the business process. You can afford you one raspberry pi.