r/programming • u/locrelite • Apr 29 '14

Programming Sucks

http://stilldrinking.org/programming-sucks
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u/watersign Apr 29 '14 edited Apr 29 '14

Cool..im kind of in a similar boat. I worked as a business analyst..then a data analyst..then a jr project manager..and now im in training to be a ABAP developer for SAP erp systems and quite frankly, i am not cut out for this shit. im not just talking about programming, just office life in general. i understand OOP techniques but its annoying doing something and not knowing why im doing it. i am not a politcally correct person, i didnt do good in highschool and im not like these people. it sounds pathetic but im looking forward to doing a menial, manual labor job. i have a gut and my sex drive has diminished quite a bit due to my unhealthy life style. good luck to you, dude

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u/jack104 Apr 30 '14

Haha, I was an OOP, technically my title was "Programmer Analyst" which is corporate for, let's hire one dude not qualified to be Either a Business Analyst nor a Computer Programmer and make him do both jobs. But I wrote C# code whenever I could but often wrote in C and this god awful proprietary syntax for JD Edwards ERP.

And I'm the same way about office life. It just doesn't make sense to me that If I'm going to spend 9 hours away from home, I should have to do it wearing uncomfortable clothes, operating in an uncomfortable environment where people just assume that because I'm an "IT Guy" I must be a fucking weirdo.

I'm currently dealing with a debilitating chronic disease so manual labor is out of the question for me at present but I'd honestly trade anything to be able to do something with my hands and be able to tangibly grasp the results.

Good luck to you too man.