if you were not a programmer, what would like to be?

if you were not a programmer, what would like to be?

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Re: if you were not a programmer, what would like to be?

Posted 03 September 2009 - 06:51 PM

Nuclear Physicists
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Re: if you were not a programmer, what would like to be?

Posted 03 September 2009 - 07:36 PM

maybe an Emperor
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Re: if you were not a programmer, what would like to be?

Posted 03 September 2009 - 07:39 PM

View PostForcedSterilizationsForAll, on 3 Sep, 2009 - 02:25 PM, said:

@Tifa
*insert stupid joke about a rusty trombone here*

lol, is it the trombone that's professional? : ambiguity



View PostForcedSterilizationsForAll, on 3 Sep, 2009 - 02:25 PM, said:

Unemployed. :)

A panhandler.

So are you unemployed now, or are you saying that you would like to be if you were not a programmer?

We actually have professional bums in Akron. They have registration numbers & from what I hear they have to claim their "earnings" as some sort of input & pay taxes on it. So if they don't have a pan-handler's license, they can get arrested. *shrug* I suppose.
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Re: if you were not a programmer, what would like to be?

Posted 03 September 2009 - 09:36 PM

View PostForcedSterilizationsForAll, on 3 Sep, 2009 - 02:25 PM, said:

I have too much of a lack of focus and a lack of a drinking problem to be a writer.


That is a little stereotypical don't you think? I know many professional writers. myself included, who have no problems with alcohol. That is not meant as a dis though. I just found it a little insulting to my chosen profession.
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Re: if you were not a programmer, what would like to be?

Posted 04 September 2009 - 05:44 AM

View PostfeLix_, on 3 Sep, 2009 - 06:36 PM, said:

maybe an Emperor



ROFL!

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((I dunno if you can see this or not, I can't))
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Re: if you were not a programmer, what would like to be?

Posted 04 September 2009 - 06:02 AM

I'd be a spy disguised as a programmer, maybe I already am :ph34r: you would never know.
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Re: if you were not a programmer, what would like to be?

Posted 04 September 2009 - 08:24 AM

I could be either a Chef, or a massage therapist

I'm in the process of working on a cook book, and have about 20 recipes in it already.
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Re: if you were not a programmer, what would like to be?

Posted 04 September 2009 - 09:24 AM

I would probably be a private investigator, or an author.

Scratch that. I'm writing a book, so I must already be an author.

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Posted 04 September 2009 - 01:55 PM

How many good authors do not have a drinking problem? Note, I said good not people that write erotic harry potter or star trek fan fic. :)
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Re: if you were not a programmer, what would like to be?

Posted 08 November 2011 - 03:19 PM

Aeronautical engineer or a commercial airlines pilot :angel:

Maybe an author...

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Re: if you were not a programmer, what would like to be?

Posted 09 November 2011 - 05:57 AM

I'd like to be a Necromancer.
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Re: if you were not a programmer, what would like to be?

Posted 09 November 2011 - 09:40 AM

Programming is just part of my current job, so if I weren't doing my current job I think I might enjoy being a real programmer. :)
I do enjoy translating fiction - if there were any money in it, I'd like to get paid for it, but as far as I can tell, there isn't, so I just do it for fun.

I can tell you that being a professional musician is not nearly as much fun as you'd think it would be, overall, although the fun parts are a lot of fun. Working in a bank is about as boring as you'd expect. Running a coffee shop is great fun, if you pick the right coffee shop, and the right time and the right city. Portland, Oregon, in the late 90s was a great place to be broke and in the center of a lot of neat people. Running a record label is a lot more work than you'd think, and you have to listen to a lot of music that you don't really want to listen to. And insurance is just hell.
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Re: if you were not a programmer, what would like to be?

Posted 09 November 2011 - 09:47 AM

A pirate
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Re: if you were not a programmer, what would like to be?

Posted 09 November 2011 - 10:36 AM

View PostWilldvp, on 09 November 2011 - 11:47 AM, said:

A pirate


Popular career choice for the youth of Somalia these days. You could probably sign on with a crew if you wanted.
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Re: if you were not a programmer, what would like to be?

Posted 09 November 2011 - 11:30 AM

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I'd like to be a Necromancer.


that would have been 10 times better if you had revived this thread :P still, i like the irony

it also would have made you a total asshole for necroposting in a thread just for that :/

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