Subj : Re: advice
To   : comp.programming
From : osmium
Date : Tue Aug 30 2005 06:02 pm

<secret.type@gmail.com> wrote:

> i feel very awkward writing this mail, that's why i kept this post
> pending for a year...
>
> i am an undergrad in my junior year & i _think_ i like programming
>
>
> i like to write short/trivial scripts etc to do small jobs
>
> but, when it comes to writing decent sized programs, i start postponing
> it & when i really get started on it, i get bogged down by some trivial
> thing/bug
> & that is the end of the project
>
> I feel really bad about this, especially because I hope to build a
> career in the IT field
>
> I keep asking myself whether I like programming or not
> & whether it was meant for me...

I think you are not cut out to be a professional programmer.  IMO it takes a 
lot of determination to be a programmer, and you seem to lack even a modest 
amount.  In the US, the out sourcing is only get to get worse, so you are 
going to be competing with a lot of driven people for a diminishing pool of 
jobs. The real paying jobs are not the little ones you like; they are big, 
nasty and hairy.

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