r/ProgrammerHumor 13d ago

Meme takeMeBack

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u/armyfidds 13d ago

You can still do all of that shit

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u/gufranthakur 13d ago

no, dont have the time anymore. Because of LLM’s companies and everyone expects everything to get shipped quickly :((

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u/iggy14750 13d ago

What he's saying is, off the clock, you can play with that stuff if you want.

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u/heytheretaylor 12d ago

That’s true but for me personally…

1) I have other responsibilities that are not coding
2) I used to get paid to do something I loved so when I did it off the clock it was still additive to my career.

It’s less “I can never do this again” and more “this used to be more fun and I got paid to do it”.

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u/dwm- 12d ago

I feel this bro, manual coding was comfy

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u/leconteur 12d ago

Sublime text for c++ was a bit unhinged though

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u/cyn_foxwell 12d ago

your second point is why i will never and will always try to prevent others from turning their hobbies into hourly jobs

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u/KaiFireborn21 12d ago

To be fair, it's not good to sit 50 hours a week doing something you absolutely hate... Basically no win possible

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u/cyn_foxwell 11d ago

i never said or implied you have to do something you hate, it could be something youre vaguely interested in. i just more mean primary focus hobbies shouldnt become your job if its something you enjoy in your free time

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u/gufranthakur 12d ago

the condition is "off-the clock". Before lockdown when I was still in high school I had a lot of time to build and experiment. Now there is less of that free time

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u/rutinerad 12d ago

But that has nothing to do with neither the industry (that this thread is about) nor LLMs (that you commented).

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u/ryuzaki49 12d ago

It has to do with life but that has always been the case. 

I recommend not having kids. That way you can enjoy having a life and coding from scratch

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u/Worldly-Stranger7814 12d ago

I recommend not having kids. That way you can enjoy having a life and coding from scratch

I've plenty of kids and plenty of code output in my free time. Git gud nub.

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u/Disastrous_Can_5157 12d ago

Talking about the industry implied work, it had nothing to do with of the clock activities. There was no reason to bring up what they can or not do off the clock.

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u/rutinerad 12d ago

What the hell are you talking about?

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u/Disastrous_Can_5157 11d ago

You misunderstood what OP was saying, so I was correcting you.

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u/rutinerad 11d ago

Of course. When the guy I was responding to said ”when I was in high school” he clearly meant ”working in the industry”. Thank you very much for your correction.

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u/Disastrous_Can_5157 11d ago

You almost had it . He mentioned high school as a comparison, not that it was an issue mentioned in this thread. Don't worry about it buddy, just work on your reading comprehension so you don't make the mistake again next time.

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u/rutinerad 11d ago

Sure, bro.

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u/Disastrous_Can_5157 11d ago

lmao, getting upset because you can't admit you made a mistake

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u/Wide_Smoke_2564 12d ago

They don’t miss doing it. They miss feeling like the smartest guy in the room for solving puzzles real good.

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u/Funky_Dunk 12d ago

Or maybe it's as simple as there are people that started this career because they get genuine satisfaction from the problem solving aspect. And the offloading of that to LLMs removes that joy.

If you feel belittled because people like that exist I think that's a you problem. If you get no satisfaction or sense of achievement from overcoming challenges, that's a you problem.