SuperHappyDevHouse 15 years ago
Exactly. He compared it to accounting. This is the most common fallacy I come across day to day. People just don't understand that programming is a creative sport. Not mathematically dry as this blogger percieves. Instead of accountants discussing form 4686, programmers gathering would be more like artists gathering to discuss ideas and make art together over a weekend.
People really need to start seeing programming as a creative thing. But then he's just a software engineer.