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The last part was the most insightful. Most people, even if they have the aptitude for coding don’t like it. The ones that do are rare.

It’s not really intelligence or grit, it’s just that you actually like staring at a cold unfeeling machine that tells you that you’ve fucked up over and over again.

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I'm so happy I actually enjoy programming. I would do it even if I never got paid for it. Enjoying programming feels like such a life hack, considering the generous financial compensations.

I like being able to want something, come up with a solution, do it and use it. Most of it isn't novel but that feeling when you get it to work is great.

100% same. I absolutely love programming, and enjoy my job at least 9 out of 10 days (though my current has a whole lot more meetings than I'd prefer.) I consider myself immensely lucky.

Same. I struggle to understand how some engineers don’t like to code. It’s definitely my favorite part of the development process.

I think the reality is that most of us love programming. The bad part is working on someone elses design and code base - just spending your week figuring out what someone elses weird code does gets exhausting.

> it’s just that you actually like staring at a cold unfeeling machine that tells you that you’ve fucked up over and over again.

I found great comic relief in this characterization, and want to extend the joke, comments like "that sounds 100 times better than my ex" or creating a "YFU as a service" company

Thanks for brightening my day.

Disclosure- it was more often me who was the harsh/unfeeling partner, not the ex.

And I like programming.

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