joshfraz

One of the things I love about computers is that they are boringly consistent. Given the same input, a computer will return the same output EVERY SINGLE TIME. Likewise, code doesn't change. I could save a file on my computer and if it weren't for hardware failure it would remain the same byte-for-byte until the end of time. Code doesn't change. It's just a bunch of mathematical statements bound together by rules of logic that are burned into a tiny computer chip. Or in geek terminology, code is immutable.

In theory this sounds great. The problem is it doesn't mesh with the everyday reality of my life. My code breaks all the time without me changing a thing.

For all of you ladies who may or may not be flirting with the idea of dating a startup programmer, you should know exactly what you're getting yourself into.

To appreciate a lot of things in life, you have to be familiar with them. I have a really hard time getting excited about groundbreaking advances in financial planning practices, mostly because I know very little about it. I can't really make valuable contributions to an emphatic discussion on search engine optimization (aka becoming the first page listed in a google search for a given topic - which, thanks to Josh, this website is) or the latest and greatest FTP software. It's not that I don't care, it's just that I don't know anything about it.