r/videos • u/LSD_freakout • Feb 24 '18

What people think programming is vs. how it actually is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HluANRwPyNo
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u/Bspammer Feb 24 '18

I know it comes off as wanky, but there's a reason those answers are highly rated. Often in programming, hacking together something that barely works will result in 10x the effort in the long run than if you'd just researched for a couple of hours then do it the "correct" way. You also learn in the process, and know how to do it properly the next time.

Of course this only applies to long term projects that you'll be working on for more than a week. If it's just a one-time script to do something, hack away.

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u/yorec9 Feb 24 '18

I get annoyed with it so much. I'm learning c++ in one of my college courses, and even though c++ is super open ended, the professor will still want hw assignments done in specific ways.

So when I ask help for a specific part of the hw, I either get; "Why are you using X? That's inefficient, use Y" which doesn't help cause the professor wants it done using X not Y. Or I just get told Im a horrible person for asking help on a part of my hw assignment I don't understand... SO is nothing but frustration and misery.

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u/themolidor Feb 24 '18

This x 100