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To those not in the IT industry, what do you think programming is like? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago by httpjames@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I've always been curious as to what "normal" people think programming is like. The wildest theory I've heard is "typing ones and zeroes" (I'm a software engineer)

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[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

whack-a-mole, but in the Matrix

that's why i stuck with the creative side :P the only IT i do is at home.

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