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I don't think this is specific to programming, but generalizes to any kind of problem solving (as you write in your second sentence).

I was once taking a shower when I cried out in joy as I had just figured out how to shave off an extra fraction of a micron from the side of a large state machine (we had a last minute change order and it hogged a bunch of area on the chip). I grabbed some clothes and jumped into my car (didn't think to rinse the shampoo out of my hair) and floored it down the freeway to the office (VPN? hah!)



But that's a very similar mode of thinking, don't you agree?

I mean, I think so anyways. Idk anything hardly when it comes to hardware but I can use my imagination.

Do you think like barbers or chefs or fisherman have the same drive to push forward?

But that begs the question that this whole thing is just an emotional response.

MLKJ: “No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.”

If a person is passionate enough about their work, maybe they have these same feelings and senses.




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