http://ntschutta.com/jat/2006/07/31/does-travelers-insurance-hate-geeks/ Just A Thought...on Ajax, usability, software development and anything else that catches my fancy. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:41:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://ntschutta.com/jat/2006/07/31/does-travelers-insurance-hate-geeks/#comment-5815 ntschutta.com » Blog Archive » Coders Wed, 02 Aug 2006 01:14:18 +0000 http://ntschutta.com/jat/2006/07/31/does-travelers-insurance-hate-geeks/#comment-5815 [...] In the late ’90s, a lot of people entered this profession - if you could spell Oracle, you were golden. While I certainly appreciated this attitude during the period I was looking for that all important first job, it was quite a shock when I started working with folks for whom software was just a job. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think people have to eat, breathe, sleep this stuff (I really appreciate being able to carry on a conversation about, you know, sports or something) but to really excel at this stuff, it has to be more than a passing fancy. Yes, coders are mocked and software is incredibly artistic. And yes, companies that “get it” do extremely well. The sad thing though - few places seem to really want the passionate among us…wonder why that is. [...] […] In the late ’90s, a lot of people entered this profession - if you could spell Oracle, you were golden. While I certainly appreciated this attitude during the period I was looking for that all important first job, it was quite a shock when I started working with folks for whom software was just a job. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think people have to eat, breathe, sleep this stuff (I really appreciate being able to carry on a conversation about, you know, sports or something) but to really excel at this stuff, it has to be more than a passing fancy. Yes, coders are mocked and software is incredibly artistic. And yes, companies that “get it” do extremely well. The sad thing though - few places seem to really want the passionate among us…wonder why that is. […]

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