My Thoughts On What It’s Like Being A Computer Programmer
A few days ago I was surfing the Internet and came across this article I had to talk about. David E. Kerry talks about what it’s like to be a computer programmer. As a professional computer programmer I can really relate to this article. The one thing I really found amusing was the discussion about how most programming work is maintenance and fixing other peoples code. I can speak from my past few years that most programming jobs are support and enhancement. New development jobs do exist but they are far less common than enhancement and maintenance jobs.
Mr. Kerry also makes another excellent point about other people not understand what a computer programmer does. Most people don’t understanding that programming different types of applications are different. This is true even when the language used to program the applications remains the same.
People also assume since that you’re a programmer you somehow know how to fix computers. How does being a computer programmer make me qualified to be a computer technician? The answer is that unless I enjoy fixing computers or have the qualifications I’m not qualified. IT is such a vast field that covers so many areas.
This article is really a well written piece that any IT worker or anyone who has an interest in Computer Programming would appreciate.
Saturday, May 31st, 2008