To those not in the IT industry, what do you think programming is like? - eviltoast

I’ve always been curious as to what “normal” people think programming is like. The wildest theory I’ve heard is “typing ones and zeroes” (I’m a software engineer)

  • Skotimusj@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    I would imagine it is as follows:

    1. Come up with ideas or goal to accomplish /be given said goal

    2. spend large amount of time looking at existing code or prior implementation of your stated goal.

    3. attempt to write or import some code tailored to your specific needs

    4. test and identify problem areas

    5. find everything fails spectacularly and start over +/- tears.

    6. repeat until successful or dead