I coded on and off for 10 years before deciding I was better at
analyst/project management stuff. I missed people. I still programm, but
it's for me not for them. I also teach part-time. It's a great creative
outlet and you get to help others 'get the hang of it'.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of Rachel Greenham
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 1999 3:21 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [issues] Good and bad reasons for giving up programming
(was games for girls)
Kelly Lynn Martin wrote:
>
> On Thu, 07 Oct 1999 09:01:09 +0800, "Deidre L. Calarco"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> >It wasn't the reason I decided not to go into programming, but it may
> >be part of the reason I stopped dabbling in it. I changed my major
> >from computer science to architecture junior year because I was sick
> >of pulling all-nighters in the computer centers and didn't feel like
> >I was obsessed enough to be a really good programmer.
>
> This is a lot of the reason I got out of programming too. I found
> that it was getting harder and harder for me to get into "the zone"
> that I needed to be in in order to really program well.
>
> For me, though, the issue wasn't creativity, it was a need to do
> something that "mattered" more than twiddling bits on a computer.
Hmm. I think I may be hitting this stage now. Sometimes I think I can
feel myself burning out, and that I should get out and do something
completely different. Perhaps I should take the current crisis as a
signal to do it - I was hoping to get to a more financially secure
position first though. Sometimes I just wonder if I need more
interesting programming work to do. I haven't had a project that I feel
motivated to pull multiple all-nighters on for ages.
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Rachel
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