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To those not in the IT industry, what do you think programming is like? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 years ago by httpjames@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I've always been curious as to what "normal" people think programming is like. The wildest theory I've heard is "typing ones and zeroes" (I'm a software engineer)

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[–] Backspacecentury@kbin.social 24 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I assume it’s looking for that one space that should be a semi-colon in a sea of garbled letters.

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[–] Subverb@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

This is 100% accurate.

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