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

submitted 10 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] 47 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Reads code, spends too much time figuring out what it does and why the compiler is complaining about it, find out who wrote it, open drawer of voodoo dolls, rummage through them and pull out the relevant doll and stick another pin into it. A faint scream echoes through the cubicle farm. Place voodoo doll back in the drawer, close drawer, leave for lunch

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There's a reason we have a tool called git blame.

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

Still waiting for git good unfortunately 😔