The truth about trying to code in a foreign country

[@grasshoppingco]

currently been doing this for the last month across europe. at the airport early, getting a lot of work done, and when i land in scotland... well i have earned myself to right to go and enjoy the rest of the day! it is hard finding the right balance. i have found myself working for an entire day and the next day completely off. sometimes it is split half and half that day. but the cool thing is i am getting to go out and about when i take a break in barcelona, roma, venezia, lisboa, edinburgh, paris, etc. instead of... bham, alabama 😂

[@icetmzz9074]

can you do professional development works on m1 air ?

[@alexandrodisla6285]

Absolutely truth. You need to go to a home our hotel with good wifi. The challenge is more pertinent when you go to a underdeveloped country.

[@coderbdev]

I ended up moving to a foreign country, and love it.

[@ZacMagee]

Me to. Best decision I've ever made.

[@coderbdev]

@@ZacMagee Same here. Been here 2 years, haven't been back to the US, and no immediate desire to visit the US

[@ZacMagee]

@coderbdev Good on you, man. I left Australia and I'm in the same boat. Why would we go back, not like they give us any reason to. If anything, just reasons to never return.

[@coderbdev]

@@ZacMagee Absolutely.

[@unemotioned]

Don't know why but I don't like the word "Coding" specifically it feels mechanical and repetitive thing while the word "Programming" sounds more like a developers work. Any other thoughts?

[@Etcher]

Interesting, I just had a similar conversation with a friend. I was saying that the term "I.T." was way better than "tech" - I never say I work in tech because it makes one sound (IMHO) like a complete douchebag. I also never use the term coding because it reminds me of that film Hackers. My dad was a programmer in the 80s and 90s and I am carrying the mantel thanks to his excellent influence and guidance so I 100% on the same page as you - We're programmers doing programming. Get with the programme(rs).

[@jojodi]

Common topic. Fun thought experiment: How would you rank your various feelings towards Programmer, Coder, Developer, Engineer, and maybe Computer Scientist ?

[@ivanjermakov]

Yep. For me, programming is solving problems using computers and coding is typing code into the computer.

[@Finnishhumor]

I don't understand why people want to argue about the right terminology. Coding or programming, use whatever you prefer. Makes no difference to me. Coding is a repetitive task and a part of programming. Coding requires programmatic thinking etc. Pressing keys on a keyboard is probably closer to 'coding' in a strict sense. Coding is programmatic, but the end result is not always a program. Personally I prefer to say 'coding' over 'programming', because most of the time I'm just pounding keyboard and adding new lines.

[@kalmanoddss]

I tend to feel the same about the term "coding". Especially when used in a sentence like "I'm coding an app". I feel like it implies that writing code is the sole activity of software construction, which it definitely isn't. But sometimes at work, I am truly JUST coding. Depends on the task, really.