>I’ve been programming for 15 years now. Recently, our industry’s lack of care for efficiency, simplicity, and excellence started really getting to me, to the point of me getting depressed by my own career and IT in general.
You and me both buddy! 11 years here, you are not alone in this!
What I found helped me take my mind of this nagging feeling is to bring in a tool that is like a razer sharp brand new scalpel. That was Nim. It's readable, small, fast, and spits out tiny statically compiled binaries.
Find your scalpel and slice and dice. Back to basics. Purity.
25 years since I started learning C++ as a kid, 14 years in industry and feeling like a disappointed old man despite still having the youthful looks to pass for a student!
You and me both buddy! 11 years here, you are not alone in this!
What I found helped me take my mind of this nagging feeling is to bring in a tool that is like a razer sharp brand new scalpel. That was Nim. It's readable, small, fast, and spits out tiny statically compiled binaries.
Find your scalpel and slice and dice. Back to basics. Purity.