From: Timothy Hunter <TimHunter@...>
Date: 2006-05-23T07:54:50+09:00
Subject: Re: program writing

corey konrad wrote:

>hmm i dont really have any problems in life that could solved by 
>programming. Everything i can think of writing is something that already 
>exists. It would be kind of rediculous to write a program in ruby that 
>already exists in another language wouldnt it? I think i would fall 
>asleep from boredom doing that kind of translation. I dont know i guess 
>i thought it would be more of a creative and exciting thing to get into 
>that would fill my head with ideas. I thought i would be able to do 
>anything on my computer i guess is what i mean, like just deciding to 
>write a paint program that does something that other paint programs dont 
>do, but i realize now that a project like that would probably take years 
>of experience and alot of people working many hours. Like i said i think 
>my expectations of programming were unrealistic
>  
>
I won't say it's true for every programmer, but it's true for every 
programmer I know: once you try programming the problem is not thinking 
what to do, it's finding time to do everything you want to do. I wrote 
my first program 27 years ago and I still write code almost every day of 
my life.

So programming doesn't click for you? Go do something else. I spent a 
summer learning to kayak and finally realilzed I hated kayaking. My wife 
spent a summer learning to scuba and finally realized she hated scuba. 
Life's too short to waste your time doing stuff that doesn't reward you.