On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 11:46 PM, rusi <rustompm...@gmail.com> wrote: > IOW a programmer is one who quickly and easily comes to the nub/core/ > kernel/essence of a problem and as easily and adroitly shaves off the > irrelevant.
+1. This is a fairly good description of a programmer's job. Of course, that's the theoretical and pure programmer... a professional programmer often has to: * Figure out what the problem *is* based on an incomplet description from an incompetent user via a bored telephone operator * Traverse a morass of bureaucratic requirements and politicking just to get the necessary hardware/software to do his work * Deal with the Layer Eight firewalling against the implementation of the solution he comes up with * Attend inane meetings with bikeshedding non-technical people who have some kind of authority over the project * Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. But yeah, that's what a programmer is. :) ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
