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<... As soon as you start doing something you love for money the love for it starts to wear off. ...>
In my case should read: "As soon as you start doing something you love for money the guy with the money starts dictating how, when, where you do it and the love for it starts to wear off.
There was a time when I *loved* writing code. Resources (memory, disc space, computing power) were scarce and fast, elegant, maintainable code was valued and rewarded. Now, for the price of one really good programmer, you can line up unix boxes as far as the eye can see. As computers become more powerful, programs seem to become more resource intensive. Glad I'm out of it ... but I'd love to do small scale real-time stuff like Tracy ... Jim S.
James Maher wrote:
Ken,
That's what you say now, but once you no longer have to do it for a living it will seem like much more fun. Remember how much fun you had writing code before anyone started paying you for it? Many people I talk to ask me why I don't fly for hire, and the answer is simple. I don't want to take the fun out of it. As soon as you start doing something you love for money the love for it starts to wear off.
Jim
*/kenpowell@comcast.net/* wrote:
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I swear that when I retire I will never write another line of code.
Ken Powell (some Arkies CAN read, write and code)
Bryant, Arkansas
501-847-4721
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Ed,
Welcome to my world.
Well the part about the one line of code not the other
aircraft stuff.
Such is the life of a Software Engineer.
I have always found the best way to improve code is to remove
some.
The more you remove the better it works. :o)
Jim
*/Ed Anderson <eanderson@carolina.rr.com>/* wrote:
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Turns out I changed ONE line of code this morning before
taking it out and had not bothered to check it on the
laboratory pulse meter. I mean it was a very simple change
{:>). It didn't work on it any better back at home than
it did on the aircraft. But, it was a relief to know it
was a simply code screw up. Eliminated that line of code
and all is back working.
So what started out to be a bad day (relatively speaking)
ended up pretty nice.
Ed
Ed Anderson
Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered
Matthews, NC
eanderson@carolina.rr.com <mailto:eanderson@carolina.rr.com>
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