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To those not in the IT industry, what do you think programming is like? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago by httpjames@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] Fogle@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

I took programming in highschool with Turing. As far as I know that's how every computer program works

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Just to give the benefit of the doubt, I don't think they actually think you type in binary, I think "1s and 0s" has become a colloquialism used to refer to "programming languages" or in some cases "digital magic I don't understand." They just don't know the words python, javascript, html, bash, rust, c, c++, c#, F#A# infinity, etc.

I hope.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They've probably seen Assembly code and that looks quite like binary if you don't pay much attention.

[–] Chobbes@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I feel like if you don’t know any different assembly will look like any other programming language. Just a bunch of words on lines that you don’t understand.

[–] jrgn@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

I appreciate the GYBE reference

[–] nicerdicer@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago

I think programming can be a pretty dull task, where you spend hours over hours copy-pasting fragments of code from former projects and/or from other sources, adjust it to your needs, run it, remove the bug, run it again and find the new ten bugs over and over again.

But you get to wear a black hoodie and a mask.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Adding powdered sugar to a donut?

[–] WastedJobe@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

One minute coming up with a feature, ten minutes coding the most basic version, potentially infinute minutes improving/fixing bugs, -6 hours despairing over time zones. (I had an IT class in my last 2 years of school)

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Stressful as shit. Because if you're not overworked then you're laid off

[–] Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Just turning it off and on again until a game pops out.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

whack-a-mole, but in the Matrix

that's why i stuck with the creative side :P the only IT i do is at home.

[–] Xenxs@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I guess you write a bunch of gibberish, press execute and hope something happens?

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

I mean, you're not WRONG.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago

Lots of copying and pasting from github.

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