This perfectly captures what I do as a software engineer
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@nasu welcome, lurker!
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But I was told software engineers were a completely different thing from programmers.
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@anonymous234 said in This perfectly captures what I do as a software engineer:
But I was told software engineers were a completely different thing from programmers.
Programmers use the context menu for copy and paste. The plebs.
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What I do?
I push buttons and makes pretty lights flash; hopefully the right lights.
Yeah that's how I answer that question to most people, then they say no really, so I go into it a little deeper, their eyes glaze over and I restate that sentence again. They nod and say yeah.. ok.
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@kattman said in This perfectly captures what I do as a software engineer:
What I do?
I push buttons and makes pretty lights flash; hopefully the right lights.
Yeah that's how I answer that question to most people, then they say no really, so I go into it a little deeper, their eyes glaze over and I restate that sentence again. They nod and say yeah.. ok.I am a professional wizard.
I devise formulae in an arcane language made up of strange symbols, under rules and restrictions that would drive ordinary mortals mad to contemplate too deeply. Formulae that, when properly invoked, cause reality to be altered. If that's not wizardry, what is?
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@masonwheeler said in This perfectly captures what I do as a software engineer:
If that's not wizardry, what is?
This:
https://youtu.be/G6XrAtp9WvM?t=570
(starting at 9:30 if the time code doesn't work)
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@masonwheeler said in This perfectly captures what I do as a software engineer:
I am a professional wizard.
Pffffftttttt... :) :)
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@masonwheeler said in This perfectly captures what I do as a software engineer:
@kattman said in This perfectly captures what I do as a software engineer:
What I do?
I push buttons and makes pretty lights flash; hopefully the right lights.
Yeah that's how I answer that question to most people, then they say no really, so I go into it a little deeper, their eyes glaze over and I restate that sentence again. They nod and say yeah.. ok.I am a professional wizard.
I devise formulae in an arcane language made up of strange symbols, under rules and restrictions that would drive ordinary mortals mad to contemplate too deeply. Formulae that, when properly invoked, cause reality to be altered. If that's not wizardry, what is?
Shut up Wesley.
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@kattman said in This perfectly captures what I do as a software engineer:
What I do?
I push buttons and makes pretty lights flash; hopefully the right lights.
Yeah that's how I answer that question to most people, then they say no really, so I go into it a little deeper, their eyes glaze over and I restate that sentence again. They nod and say yeah.. ok.
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@masonwheeler said in This perfectly captures what I do as a software engineer:
I devise formulae in an arcane language made up of strange symbols,
Stop using emoji for variable names!
under rules and restrictions that would drive ordinary mortals mad to contemplate too deeply.
Oh, right, you're using Swift. Oh, well...
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@atazhaia said in This perfectly captures what I do as a software engineer:
Stop using emoji for variable names
NEVER!
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@scholrlea said in This perfectly captures what I do as a software engineer:
@kattman said in This perfectly captures what I do as a software engineer:
What I do?
I push buttons and makes pretty lights flash; hopefully the right lights.
Yeah that's how I answer that question to most people, then they say no really, so I go into it a little deeper, their eyes glaze over and I restate that sentence again. They nod and say yeah.. ok.If you're using an onscreen keyboard to type, that eventually is going to be very far off.
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@masonwheeler said in This perfectly captures what I do as a software engineer:
I am a professional wizard.
Sorry, but no. You're a professional sourceror.
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@kian said in This perfectly captures what I do as a software engineer:
@scholrlea said in This perfectly captures what I do as a software engineer:
@kattman said in This perfectly captures what I do as a software engineer:
What I do?
I push buttons and makes pretty lights flash; hopefully the right lights.
Yeah that's how I answer that question to most people, then they say no really, so I go into it a little deeper, their eyes glaze over and I restate that sentence again. They nod and say yeah.. ok.If you're using an onscreen keyboard to type, that eventually is going to be very far off.
@kian said in This perfectly captures what I do as a software engineer:
@scholrlea said in This perfectly captures what I do as a software engineer:
@kattman said in This perfectly captures what I do as a software engineer:
What I do?
I push buttons and makes pretty lights flash; hopefully the right lights.
Yeah that's how I answer that question to most people, then they say no really, so I go into it a little deeper, their eyes glaze over and I restate that sentence again. They nod and say yeah.. ok.If you're using an onscreen keyboard to type, that eventually is going to be very far off.
You know how with some smartphones you can just slide your finger from letter to letter without lifting it and the phone'll pick the right word? Is there a similar swipe-to-type onscreen keyboard for desktops?
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@djls45 said in This perfectly captures what I do as a software engineer:
Is there a similar swipe-to-type onscreen keyboard for desktops?
The bad ideas thread is
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@djls45 Actually, I think Windows may have that now. They were planning to port over that functionality from the phone version.
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@dkf said in This perfectly captures what I do as a software engineer:
@masonwheeler said in This perfectly captures what I do as a software engineer:
I am a professional wizard.
Sorry, but no. You're a professional sourceror.
Don't trust your iron staff. Just sayin'.