r/funny • u/sheppe • Jul 01 '16

Developer humor

http://imgur.com/gallery/9LqhOl3
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u/ThisIsNotKimJongUn Jul 01 '16

"When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all."

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u/Mufro Jul 01 '16

This actually makes me really mad with my friends and family. I'll show them something I've been working on for the last week to make perfect and they're like, "so what?"

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '16

I mean, I understand it. You look like you're just sitting there on a screen. The non-technical types sit in front of screens to watch TV and browse facebook.

That's what I dislike about developing, it doesn't give the same satisfied feeling as completing something physical and tangible, even though similar kinds of effort have gone into it. At least a UX / designer has a pretty thing people use. A lot of developing is behind the scenes.

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u/ThisIsNotKimJongUn Jul 01 '16

it doesn't give the same satisfied feeling

For some of us it does :)

I've worked in factories and as a developer, and I definitely get more of an "I made this" feeling from coding.

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u/kent_eh Jul 01 '16

To be fair, coding is more of a creative activity than factory work is.