It's easy to love the lovable things about something (or someone) True love is acceptance. Love the things that are hard to love and you will be happy in your relationship with your coding.
If something isn't working for you, change it. If you can't change it, then change how you think of it. I love mixing Ontology into code. :) On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Greg Keogh <[email protected]> wrote: > Stephen, you've nailed almost everything that giving me the irrates: > > Things don't work as I expect. > I don't want to write it myself. > There are lots of bugs. > You can't just learn something from a book. > People are inventing stuff too fast (without coordination or quality > control). > The shiny thing of today is buried tomorrow. > Writing code is more expensive. > Things are more complicated. > I can't afford to retire. > > I've been rolling with the punches since things got bad (about 6 years ago > I reckon). I should point out that I come from a long background in > computing/IT where things worked, things were documented, standards were > adhered to, there was all-around consistency and order ruled. Where are > headed now? Perhaps I'm being sentimental or too demanding. > > Greg >
