Survey Results - What's the best part about being a software developer?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Laugh | :laugh:

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..."it's indoor work with no heavy lifting"

That's what sparked my initial interest, back in the early 70's! Laugh | :laugh:

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OriginalGriff wrote:
it's indoor work with no heavy lifting

Sounds like you were inspired by Lazarus Long ...

Espen Harlinn
Chief Architect - Powel AS

Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra

Entirely possible: I read a lot of Heinlein (and Asimov, and Phillip K Dick, and ...) as a child / youth.

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OriginalGriff wrote:
early 70's!

1870?

I actually enjoyed heavy lifting.

As for programming. I enjoy the design aspect the most and the maintenance long hours and deadlines the least.

John

And won't get dirty...

I'm with you on this one!
Except now I have to do some lifting to stay in shape...
Sitting down all day is actually pretty hard work and not healthy at all Sigh | :sigh:

It's an OO world.

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Option	Votes	%
I get to solve hard problems with real solutions	821	63.54
There's always something new to learn	921	71.28
The software community is great	246	19.04
The pay is good	514	39.78
I enjoy being useful to my organisation	349	27.01
You get to touch (potentially) millions of people with your work	301	23.30
It's an art form	469	36.30
Casual dress code / hours / office environment	416	32.20
I enjoy the technology	778	60.22
It means I don't have to interact with people	215	16.64
Other	85	6.58
Responses	1,292
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%