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Leaving A Legacy

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2021-07-31 14:30:06

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I don’t know about anyone else, but I have no intentions of spending the rest of my life, working on a jalopy. I want to learn new stuff, and get myself into trouble, exploring new horizons.

If I deliberately make it difficult for others; especially those with less experience than I, to take over and understand my code, I can look forward to unclogging carburetors, when the world has moved on to fuel injection or electric cars.

Also, I feel a certain amount of pride in my work. I think I do a fairly good job, and I WANT people to see what I do, and understand how I do it.

I didn’t start off as a software developer. My first experiences with computers were first, as an electronic technician, then, as an electronic engineer.

Because of this, I was pretty insecure, starting off with this new-fangled “software” stuff. I spent a lot of time, looking around, and seeing how other people did it.