> It does not matter to the company that the reporting form is the world’s simplest CRUD app, it only matters that it either saves the company costs or generates additional revenue.
This is my advice for young programmers too, but with a different takeaway. Most software will be mind crushingly boring CRUD.
If you do programming for the love of the craft then try to find something that isn’t that. Find something that solves interesting problems in an interesting way. It might pay less and you may not be able to jump jobs every 4 years - but you won’t be bored to death writing code which is basically 90% fluff and plumbing and deployment.
Finding jobs with actual programming joy at the core is like finding gold.
This is my advice for young programmers too, but with a different takeaway. Most software will be mind crushingly boring CRUD.
If you do programming for the love of the craft then try to find something that isn’t that. Find something that solves interesting problems in an interesting way. It might pay less and you may not be able to jump jobs every 4 years - but you won’t be bored to death writing code which is basically 90% fluff and plumbing and deployment.
Finding jobs with actual programming joy at the core is like finding gold.