I fully agree. I got into programming when the experts were warning against it: 1985. It was a bad year, but then one professor told me parenthetically: but if you're good you'll always have work. I always did except for the end of 2001 when I needed a mental break anyway. This discussion also reminds me of the saying back in the 80's recession days: if you have a job it's a recession, if you don't it's a depression. It depends on perspective. So should someone get into this field or not? There are lots of professions that totally suck, but some people thrive in them, because that's what they love to do and even feel compelled to do. That's the way I feel about programming, and that's why I've been in the field for 22 years now.
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I fully agree. I got into programming when the experts were warning against it: 1985. It was a bad year, but then one professor told me parenthetically: but if you're good you'll always have work. I always did except for the end of 2001 when I needed a mental break anyway.
This discussion also reminds me of the saying back in the 80's recession days: if you have a job it's a recession, if you don't it's a depression. It depends on perspective.
So should someone get into this field or not? There are lots of professions that totally suck, but some people thrive in them, because that's what they love to do and even feel compelled to do. That's the way I feel about programming, and that's why I've been in the field for 22 years now.
Maybe someone will clean up this mess.
If IT managers faced reality, they would realize that there are undocumented changes to their system made every day of the week.
So where is "Virgnia" anyway?