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When you lay the foundation its exciting and you know theres a challenge ahead. The day to day work is tough and you run into many challenges and problems. But in the end you can look at it and take pride in what you've done!
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i like your anology!
Look at this one:
Joseph Weizenbaum - The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is the lawgiver ..... No playwright , no stage director , no emperor , however powerful, has ever exercised such absolute authority to arrange a stage or a field of battle and to command such unswervingly dutiful actors or troops.
My sister said i've turned completely nuts when i told her this one!;P
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I agree..not with your sister, but It is your creation and you alone control it.
Mike
You can do anything you want but you pay for everything you do!
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.. and if they did you'd have to be a lawyer to clearly define in English what you wanted them to do 
<looks around with intrepidation for any sign of the fearful Negus  ... ok safe to post>
"For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza ~ Web SQL Utility - asp.net app to query Access, SQL server, MySQL. Stores history, favourites.
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I find that I belong to a small minority of programmers in the first category. Programming is one of the main tools I need to use to do what I really want to do. You can't do artificial creativity work unless you can program. I don't particularly like programming however although I end up having to do it for a living. Finding someone who will pay for artificial creativity work has so far been impossible. Finding someone interested in having a programmer do programming for them is easy.
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Some guys really selected this option!!
//This is not a signature
while (I'm_alive) {
cout<<"I Love Programming";
}
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Wow. That made me sad until I started thinking: how many other vocations are there in which 80% of people do it because it's more than just their job?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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I like everything that challenges the mind like Math, Physics, etc and Programming is my favorite. There are always challenges and new things to learn in programming. 
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I'm a programmer so I can justify coming to CodeProject and toying with all the other geeks' sensitivities.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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'Toying' is not the verb that comes to mind with you and "other geeks' sensitivities", John.
Software Zen: delete this;
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I always thought you were a butcher :P
toying with butchering all the other geeks' sensitivities 
"For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza ~ Web SQL Utility - asp.net app to query Access, SQL server, MySQL. Stores history, favourites.
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...when i realized that i'd get more, attractive "friends" by shaving my head and publishing cracks for games than i'd ever even see writing serious code... and still went the serious code route...
At that point, i had to admit to myself that there was no way this was ever going to lead me in the way of fame or fortune, but i'd still be doing something i enjoyed.
Most of the time.
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if there was checkbox instead radio i will check all of them
I Wish the Life Had CTRL-Z
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With a healthy dose of "why am I doing this again???"
Marc
Thyme In The CountryPeople are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith
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That's got to be the best custom text answer ever
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Foxy
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Indeed
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Your employer pays you in these[^]?
Cool  .
Software Zen: delete this;
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Gary Wheeler wrote: Your employer pays you in these[^]?
If you try to write that in English, I might be able to understand more than a fraction of it. - Guffa
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Hell, just about all of the above...!
I got into it because I enjoy it, I currently get paid for it, it is good money, I like new challenges and gaining new skills, and sometimes, I feel like I do not know what I am doing sitting in this cube! :P
Peace!
-=- James
If you think it costs a lot to do it right, just wait until you find out how much it costs to do it wrong!
Avoid driving a vehicle taller than you and remember that Professional Driver on Closed Course does not mean your Dumb Ass on a Public Road!
DeleteFXPFiles & CheckFavorites (Please rate this post!)
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James R. Twine wrote: and sometimes, I feel like I do not know what I am doing sitting in this cube!
The matrix has you... here... [gives mp5k] free your mind :P
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I have always been driven to design build something new. Learn something new. See how X works. Try to make it better than anyone has in the past. And with programming this usually means a lot of hours typing on an inexpensive computer and it is unlikely that you can be exposed to any danger..
In electronics (I am both an EE and a CS), the hobby is a lot more expensive and there is a lot more danger as its not likely that you are going to be zapped or burned when programming.
Last modified: 21mins after originally posted --
John
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A couple of low voltage electrocutions can convince anyone to stick to software 
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When I think of it my second worst experience with electricity (the first being accidentally touching a cow fence) was at my current programming job. We had an old high resolution experimental monitor for medical imaging that was not properly grounded so if you were not careful you could get a really nasty jolt. I am really happy we sent that to the trash instead of trying to fix it...
John
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