Subj : Re: do serious programmers have a life?
To   : comp.lang.c++,comp.programming
From : gds
Date : Sun Sep 25 2005 10:35 pm

amanda992004@yahoo.com wrote:
>Excluding the factors of the brain capability, i.e I am not asking
>about this factor, if you are a single, aside from enjoying coding or
>debugging,  how do you make time to eat properly, i.e healthily w/o
>spending big bucks at special healthy food places and also take care of
>life's daily chores w/o feeling like a robot.  Any time for social
>activites with people other than programmers?
>
>Is feeling like a robot a typical description of a programmer's life?

I think it depends on the person and their situation.  Some people
prefer to put in a lot of hours.  Others don't, but circumstances
(e.g. a disorganized project) force them to.  Then there are people
who are fortunate enough to gain the upper hand in their
company/project/whatever, so they can refuse work that would otherwise
cause them to give up their social life.

As it turns out I have dealt with these sorts of issues many times
during my career, and am starting to think that there is a "glass
ceiling" that separates me from not having to give up so much of my
personal life for work.

--gregbo
gds at best dot com

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