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I would say that I still like to code, but I don't like it in the way that I used to.
For the longest time my favorite movie was WarGames (and it's still on my list). That movie emphasized how cool and mysterious computers were at the time. Computers couldn't really do much back then, but that's what made them so accessible and fun. To program a computer, you had to understand computers. You had to know what was going on with bits and bytes and graphics adapters and protocols and whatnot, but those were all little things that you could grasp and play around with. But it created an intimacy between man and machine. Even high-level languages like BASIC felt rudimentary enough to represent the binary structure of a computer.
These days everything is abstracted. Every abstraction is abstracted. These days you can go your entire career, for example, knowing nothing more than Javascript, CSS and HTML. Sure, there's lots more to learn, but you generally don't need to learn it unless you're the main developer on a large project. These days computers are complex, networks are complex. No one can possibly know more than a fraction of it. These days there isn't enough time to play around with everything to really understand it because there's so much to understand. I miss the simplicity of older times.
It's like college. I loved college. It was so different from high school. I had more freedom. I discovered that there was so much more to this world than I had realized. College was very exciting...when I was 18. I've gone back to college a few times to take a course here and there. The magic isn't there anymore because I am a different person. It's disappointing, but it's okay because as a different person I understand more and I am a better student.
So now I am a career developer. Now I face the challenge of professional growth. It isn't enough to track down a bug; I need to make my code as bug-free as possible with every single release. It isn't enough to deliver on a project; I need to make code as efficient and manageable as possible with every line I write. So I miss the simplicity and mystery of what computers used to be. But as computers have grown, so have I, and the challenges continue to present themselves. I definitely still enjoy that.
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I want to get into VR (virtual reality) programming (Oculus Rift) and robotics (Lego MindStorm); also eye tracking.
(To cater to the "older" generation).
Need a (way) bigger desktop before being able to do the VR though.
"(I) am amazed to see myself here rather than there ... now rather than then".
― Blaise Pascal
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Yes, coding has always been fun and a challenge. I am 74 years old, write c#, C++, C, VB.net, Assembler, Java and while not too often anymore can still dabble in cobol, rpg, snobol, python and other classic languages. I have been called the oldest coder in the world, but just for laughs! As it keeps my mind active and my skills sharp I will keep coding as long as I can reach the keyboard and see the screen. 
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I have found myself conflicted recently with this very question. My current role deals more with strategy and architecture and less hands-on code. When I took the job, I felt like I was sick of coding. Now I'm missing it a bit and wanting to go back.
I feel now that this is likely due to the bureaucracy present in my environment and the fact that I can design an architecture but getting it going is difficult and slow. These frustrations make me long for simply sitting down at a computer and typing code. I feel code gives you immediate feedback and that endorphin rush of getting something to work. Working at a higher level is more abstract and at times difficult to feel that you actually accomplished something.
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Yes, I still love it. Coding tasks are like the kata of a very internal martial art; one that allows me to break bricks, drive, fly, build, and destroy using the distilled power of my mind. Seriously, d'you think I'd want to give that up?
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I love to code... but my biggest issue now is that I have a severe stress related anxiety issue which leads to depression. If there is no pressure on me, I can code like crazy... but the slightest amount of pressure, leads to stress which triggers my anxiety issues.
And from what I can understand from my psychologist, high order anxiety leads to a flight or fight situation and your brain starts shutting down in preparation for either flight or fight... and as a result, I can concentrate or at times even think logically and I just stop working.
It's a pain in the arse... because I still love to code.
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Love to code! I've managed (and tried at all costs) to avoid the "management" track of any sort, preferring to carve out a technical lead type of position that requires more, rather than les, code from me. And yeah, now approaching my 32nd anniversary in the profession.
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Getting on a plane tomorrow morning - Friday the 13th, there's a full moon tonight and a nationwide weather warning. 
I'd have a few beers in the morning, but I might end up driving at the other end! 
Ah, I see you have the machine that goes ping. This is my favorite. You see we lease it back from the company we sold it to and that way it comes under the monthly current budget and not the capital account.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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The best thing you can say about any flight you can walk off is that it was boring. Nothing happened. 
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Well it's been nice knowing you. 
Jeremy Falcon
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Shut up and take my money.
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When you decided to buy a yacht, was it aboat time?
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And, for those that get confused about what Canadians say...
When you decided to get Western foot ware, was it aboot time?
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Yet another TotD sailing along the Lounge; ugh, can't we put these at bay and/or will they ever converge into the perfect storm to be lost at sea? 
(If either really happened, the Lounge would be sunk!)
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Dinghy puns! We can't get 'nuff of 'em!
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Canoe not? I'll have to kayak gain...
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Only if you didn't get that sinking feeling...
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Should be the Canadian thought of the day. 
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We knew yawl would buy one schooner or later.
New version: WinHeist Version 2.2.2 Beta I told my psychiatrist that I was hearing voices in my head. He said you don't have a psychiatrist!
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Just hit a 10 years old bug with C# compiler. After making changes for hours and trusting that a successful compile is also running smoothly I ran into this bug when running tests on the application...
Now to spend some more hours to create a reasonable workaround. Can't believe that this kind of bug still exists in VS2015 after being reported back in 2007...
Added:
I need to try to build a simple test case to ensure that this really is a bug and not because of mistakes my code...
modified 14-Jan-17 23:11pm.
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Mika Wendelius wrote: Can't believe that this kind of bug still exists in VS2015 after being reported back in 2007
Don't you know that each bug report is printed in triple copy and used to wipe thei arses when they run out of toilet paper?
DURA LEX, SED LEX
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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Oh, I don't think they wait until they run out!
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Not the only one: Designer Support when Control has abstract base class[^] was a problem with .NET 1.0 and is still unfixed. You still have to create an intermediate concrete class to derive your controls from. 
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