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To those not in the IT industry, what do you think programming is like? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 11 months ago by httpjames 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] 28 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Playing with imaginary Legos to put together a rickety tower.

Edit: though on reflection, a systems approach to nursing the acutely ill is exactly the same but we're maintaining "God's" legacy code while we try to keep someone with kidney, heart, and lung problems functioning with judicious application of fluid management, drugs, and dialysis.

Maybe what we do is closer to Jenga.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

ive written a lot of code for clinicians, i have been afforded the benefit of witnessing that chaos

i have it far easier

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

But things get weird when the lego shapes have different sizes and you need to craft adapting pieces?