Quote - > Quote - Not at all... being a programmer doesn't really require smarts so much as a willingness to lose your social skills while thinking like a machine, substituting coffee for food, and bashing your head into a wall periodically when someone says (for the two hundred sixty seventh time), "Yeah, I know that's what I said I wanted, but that isn't what I meant I wanted, you'll have to change it."

sigh

At least computers (hardware and software) are easier than raising kids. :biggrin:

Sounds just like military service in a way especially when dealing with certain types of line officers LOL!

 

Hey, you can combine the two and become a programmer working for a defense contractor. I'm currently considering designing a game called "Milestones and MIL-STDs", the exciting boardgame of the DoD Aquisitions Process.