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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety
As for whether this Meyer person can write. I have no idea. I've never read one of her books, but based on comments from people whose opinions I respect, I would tend to think that I would probably not enjoy them. So, I can honestly say that if she chooses to stop writing ... even completely ... it's not going to impact much on my life.
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It's fluff. It's fluff that appeals to a VERY BIG market. I enjoyed the books, but I went into them knowing that they are fluff.
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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety
I do remember reading some statistics that indicated that artistically creative people are more prone to over reaction to stressors. However, I do not think that computer programming is considered artistically creative, although the programmer certainly does create something by his/her efforts. As I recall the statistics tended to demonstrate that there is such a creature as the otherwise stereotypical "high strung artist." Or ... perhaps it really has more to do with people who are otherwise high strung being attracted to the creative arts.
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As many other have said, computer programming can be very creative.
There are differences between someone who is competent, maybe even proficient, and the one who is an artist. That applies to programmers, musicians (vocal and instrumental), painters, sculptors, actors, and so forth.
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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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Originally Posted by Taylor514ce
I am a very good programmer. Also modest, but that's another topic.
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Aye -- I suspect that there are quite a few of those around here. That "in the zone" aspect is one reason why I am not making my living as a programmer. I couldn't manage to leave the office at the end of the day and return the next day and resume coding. It took me *hours* to get back into the zone again. I create excellent code, but I have to do it in intense coding sessions which are extremely wearing on the system. Easy enough when I was younger, but it takes me a lot longer to recover from an all-nighter these days.
So today I design, I teach, I consult, and I write the occasional snippet of code to keep my hands in and to confirm that I've mastered a concept.