To my left is a kickass compiler poet named Gopal Vijay(shortened). I worked with Gopal when I just started to learn compilers and frameworks on the DotGNU Project. He understands what hard work is, as does Rhys Weatherly, the original author of Portable.NET. Both of them had mentored me to become a better programmer all around and not only understand what it means to do it correctly, always. After a couple years of working on DotGNU I moved on to constructive network protocol development which pushed me straight back into webservices where I stand today repeating the circle.
The reality is that we like to speak, walk, run around, and play with code. It’s our paintbrush, tinker toy, classical instrument, and pen. It can do things that people can take for granite or widen peoples’ eyes.
We all need to respect the programmer and give him/her a pat on the back. A raise might be nice too ;)
Yes, it’s true, we develop for ourselves, some more than others. If we want to build a god damn game engine for a calculator, by damn we will. You can’t stop us!
A toast for the digital poets!
