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Originally Posted by Taylor514ce
That describes most of the best programmers I've met, pshrynk. You can push and prod and cajole and threaten deadlines, and they'll shrug, browse, and play first-person shooters all day. Then they'll code for 48 hours straight.
Or, they'll threaten mutiny when you force them to work on NEW stuff rather than rewrite something that's just fine because to them, it isn't elegant enough.
Also, every great programmer I've known or trained has also been a musician, or a bonsai tree hobbyist or a pointillist or designed their own house...
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Okay. Edit the first post to include creative coding. A new level of appreciation opens up. I suppose I should have been aware, knowing what little malignant bastards computers can be, that coding requires an intense right brain concentration and an upper level sensitivity ratio.