Re: For The Gamers

On 12 Jan 2025 13:05:46 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:

I can understand one can become bored with programming in some company
doing always the same stuff. But in a general way, I don't understand
how one can get bored with programming.

I didn't get bored with programming when I took a few years off but I
started to question if crouching behind a keyboard was a proper job for a
man. The start of my career in the machine tools industry was very
physical. There's something about designing the control circuity for a 200
ton molding press and seeing it in action that is rewarding. It was also
hot, dirty, noisy, and I've been soaked by hydraulic fluid more than once
when a line blew.

As time went on it became more and more abstract. I've sort of reverted to
my roots with microcontrollers interacting directly with physical sensors,
servos, H-bridges, and so forth. The IoT is getting back to reality.