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Jabo · Mar 29th, 2008, 8:00 PM

Just a nosy question, but is there anybody here who treats programming like a sport, all the way down to the "right diet"? Do you practice, practice, practice for the real thing? Or is this something to occupy your time for most of you?

Ancient Dragon · Mar 29th, 2008, 10:02 PM

>>Or is this something to occupy your time for most of you?
It is now. But I programmed professionally for about 22 years (1985 - 2007)

>>is there anybody here who treats programming like a sport
Not as a sport, but it does indeed take lots of practice to become proficient at it. Most of the effort is in debugging code that has already ben written. For every hour you spend writing code you will spend about 4 hours debugging.

Infinite Recursion · Mar 29th, 2008, 10:08 PM

I agree with Ancient Dragon, most of your time spent will be debugging. I currently write code professionally and as a hobby. I don't really treat it as a sport, as it is more of a habit now.

Mar 29th, 2008, 8:00 PM	#1
Jabo Not a user? Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 308 Rep Power: 2	Olympic class programmers Just a nosy question, but is there anybody here who treats programming like a sport, all the way down to the "right diet"? Do you practice, practice, practice for the real thing? Or is this something to occupy your time for most of you?

Mar 29th, 2008, 10:02 PM	#2
Ancient Dragon PFO God In Training Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: near St Louis, MO. (USA) Posts: 600 Rep Power: 4	Re: Olympic class programmers >>Or is this something to occupy your time for most of you? It is now. But I programmed professionally for about 22 years (1985 - 2007) >>is there anybody here who treats programming like a sport Not as a sport, but it does indeed take lots of practice to become proficient at it. Most of the effort is in debugging code that has already ben written. For every hour you spend writing code you will spend about 4 hours debugging. __________________ <<Freelance Programmer>> << Hobby Site>>

Mar 29th, 2008, 10:08 PM	#3
Infinite Recursion Programming Guru Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: United States Posts: 3,473 Rep Power: 8	Re: Olympic class programmers I agree with Ancient Dragon, most of your time spent will be debugging. I currently write code professionally and as a hobby. I don't really treat it as a sport, as it is more of a habit now. __________________ http://jasonpowers.net "There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root."

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