The Art of Software Development
/As you may - or may not - know, in my other life I develop software for a living. It is not something I studied in school nor is it exactly where I intended to go with my life. I just found out that I was good at it, I enjoyed it and before I had the chance to course-correct my life, it became my career. Having been in this particular profession for my entire adult life, I think I am somewhat qualified to pontificate on the discipline as a whole. Before you non-geeks run screaming, I want to tell you up front that this column is more about the esoteric side of software development. I promise not to digress into a length discussion on ternary operators or anything else that might cause you to reach for the nearest sharp object.
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