Why do you program?

[Grok]

Now I ask, why do you program?

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[Banana fanna fo fanna]

typing sucks. who wants to make a real good voice-based ide?

[Eibro]

typing sucks. who wants to make a real good voice-based ide?

Haha, I was thinking about that the other day...

for open bracket eye equals zero colon eye is less than fifty colon plus plus eye close bracket open parenthesis close parenthesis.

[Banana fanna fo fanna]

No, it'd have to be smart...

"for int i equals zero while i less than 10 do increment i"

[Tuberload]

Now I ask, why do you program?

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Ah a reason that did not enter my head while writing that. Maybe some day I will make money for programming, preferably phones and other small devices.

[Yoni]

For the hot programmer chicks, of course. What other reason could there be?

Totally!

Zakath, please contact me when you've found one.

[iago]

Now I ask, why do you program?

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Ah a reason that did not enter my head while writing that. Maybe some day I will make money for programming, preferably phones and other small devices.

Agreed.  Just recently somebody told me "You'll never get rich off open source", and, although I don't completely agree with that, I still said "so? I don't do this for the money".  As long as I have enough to live on I'm happy.

[MyndFyre]

For the hot programmer chicks, of course. What other reason could there be?

Totally!

Zakath, please contact me when you've found one.

I think I have found the only one.  Too bad she didn't know I was looking.  :-/

[iago]

Actually, I saw one once, we talked about Linux.  I was thinking with the wrong head, though, since when we were done talking I walked away and never saw her again.  *sigh*

[Grok]

It's about mortgage, car payments, savings for retirement, clothing, food, entertainment.  All these things cost money.  If I happened to love basket weaving, I would still program during the day, and do basket weaving at night because programming pays the bills.  Unlikely I could basket weave for a living and program for fun at night.

[iago]

It's about mortgage, car payments, savings for retirement, clothing, food, entertainment.  All these things cost money.  If I happened to love basket weaving, I would still program during the day, and do basket weaving at night because programming pays the bills.  Unlikely I could basket weave for a living and program for fun at night.

You can make plenty of money being a doctor, or a lawyer, or a manager.  
You can pay the bills with any number of jobs.  The reason I do programming is because I enjoy it more than the others

[Tuberload]

It's about mortgage, car payments, savings for retirement, clothing, food, entertainment.  All these things cost money.  If I happened to love basket weaving, I would still program during the day, and do basket weaving at night because programming pays the bills.  Unlikely I could basket weave for a living and program for fun at night.

You can make plenty of money being a doctor, or a lawyer, or a manager.  
You can pay the bills with any number of jobs.  The reason I do programming is because I enjoy it more than the others

The problem with those professions (doctor, lawyer, etc...) is that you have no life what so ever. They not only own your time, they own your freaking soul. At least being a programmer will give you some freedom to spend your money.

[iago]

It's about mortgage, car payments, savings for retirement, clothing, food, entertainment.  All these things cost money.  If I happened to love basket weaving, I would still program during the day, and do basket weaving at night because programming pays the bills.  Unlikely I could basket weave for a living and program for fun at night.

You can make plenty of money being a doctor, or a lawyer, or a manager.  
You can pay the bills with any number of jobs.  The reason I do programming is because I enjoy it more than the others

The problem with those professions (doctor, lawyer, etc?) is that you have no life what so ever. They not only own your time, they own your freaking soul. At least being a programmer will give you some freedom to spend your money.

Ok, then be a welder.  My uncle makes a fair bit of money of that, and he still has a soul

[Dyndrilliac]

For the hot programmer chicks, of course. What other reason could there be?

Totally!

Zakath, please contact me when you've found one.

You'd be surprised how many ads I've seen on the internet for "1337 Girls - Chicks who know what pointers are and how to play with them". Kind of sickening.

[Banana fanna fo fanna]

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