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submitted 7 months ago by starman to c/programming
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[โ€“] towerful 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's a funny read.

IMO, the bridge example is more like joining a maintenance team looking after an old bridge. I'm sure there could be good metaphors of the old guy that hammered 300 of the original rivets, and can tell an interesting story about toilet breaks 250ft in the air. And new government regulations both about bridges and conservation of protected buildings/structures that somehow clash or whatever.
Building a bridge would be more of a startup/new project.

It does feel like it takes the most esoteric circumstances, as well.
Same could be said for "Steve that has to dig a ditch" seeing competitions of plant operators doing back flips in forestry machines meant to scale mountains.

It's just that programming is a very accessible hobby that can transition into a career (how most programmers got a career, tbh), but is also the thing that modern business/industry/entertainment all depends on.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Laughs in culinary...

But seriously, I have a good friend that owns a factory and I swear his stories could be told in a kitchen setting, and reading this it is also very similar, which leads me to the conclusion that we are all crazy people but with a different method of self torture.