Programming

(afomft, cont'd.)

14. Programming

I love the part of my job that involves the construction of code. I've been coding as a full-time job for 20+ years. I'm not a techo-geek -- I really don't get a jolt out of having the newest techno-gadgets like a lot of guys do. I just like to code. There's a buzz that I get from creating something out of nothing; something that has order and pattern; something that has never been created before. In a way, it's an escape when the rest of my life isn't as orderly as I would like it to be (unfortunately).

It's a creative outlet, not unlike composing music or sculpting. It's really not surprising that many in my profession are musicians of some form. They apparently get the same outlet/satisfaction/buzz from the patterns of music/art that they do from the patterns of code construction.

Which reminds me of the movie Beth and I saw this weekend, Proof. Reminiscent of A Beautiful Mind. Very good acting, IMO (better than expected from Paltrow). It was cool (IM-geekish-O) to see passionate mathmaticians as creative.

I'm done with my Ramon noodles, back to coding.

(I started to list Ramon noodles as afomft's, but I'm realizing af-too many-omft are food-related.)