Wednesday, September 3, 2014; 12:05:45 PM Eastern
Why I love programming
- 1. I love puzzles.
- 2. I love Rube Goldberg contraptions.
- 3. I love solving problems (I have an inner-Columbo).
- 4. People are the biggest piece of the puzzle (again Columbo).
- 5. It teaches me about myself and my limited vision and imagination (if I had unlimited vision and imagination, I would never program a bug, and if I did it would take me 0 seconds to find it).
- 6. I yearn to work together with great minds. Programming gives me that, when I use someone's API. And when the API anticipates my needs, and is instantly understandable, I feel the soul of another artist is present. I imagine this is how musicians feel when they play another musician's song or symphony.
- I'm sure there's more to it. But today I'm working on a "lite" problem, and I'll figure it out, but right now I'm enjoying the fact that I don't get it. ;-)
- Back to work Dave!