Pour commencer:
https://www.quora.com/Do-most-programmers-honestly-enjoy-writing-code
Extraits en vrac (je ne suis pas d'accord avec tout hein):
When I’m doing something interesting (in code) (about 80% of what I code), I still hit a “flow state” or what Maslow would call a “peak experience”.
Web developers and software engineers need to continually refresh their skills and research answers, so an enjoyment of learning and reading are nearly as important as writing code (if not more so).
This is where programming is the most interesting for me, as code is the literal representation of thoughts, one can see the structure of mind, if it is not obscured behind much cleverness.
There are some repetotove tasks that aren’t fun: writing boilerplate for instance.
And, though it can get frustrating at times, I mostly enjoy debugging. It’s like being a detective.
It really depends on the project you are working on. If you are working on a old project, with old code and you have to fix bugs all day long, that’s it not something I enjoy. But when I start a new project and starts to build the foundation of a project, I can almost smile for myself thinking that this is really cool. It’s a unique feeling.
(Concernant les projets que certains développeurs font sur leur temps libre) Not everyone is programming for "free"- whether it's to learn, to increase your cyber reputation, or to grow something bigger later you can sell.
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Perso ce que j'apprécie le plus c'est trouver des solutions "élégantes" à un problème. Une forme d'art en quelque sorte.
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