What do programmers actually do?

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[@M4RC90]

Debugging is like you're the detective in a crime movie where you are also the murderer.

[@lightskinche]

So basically you killed someone, but you dont know how?

[@MattB-sv4sk]

@@alptunga and you're the victim aswell

[@edselludovice9337]

The fact that you are looking for the mistake you actually made. lol

[@raoahmadshaharyar7720]

Sometimes the whole software is not running just because of a comma or a semi-colon

[@jacekszydlowski2138]

and a Victim...

[@jasonwalker4610]

10% coding, 90% debugging

[@oskrm]

10% coding, 20% googling, 70% debugging

[@RadiationOverdose]

10% coding, 30% StackOverflow, 60% debugging

[@luuk777w]

100% StackOverflow

[@supremebohnenstange4102]

Jason Walker 80 % making cofee

[@geetargato]

Debugging shouldn't take nearly that much of your time if you're an experienced programmer. Only about 20% of my process is debugging, the most time is spent planning and doing the equations & pseudocode on paper...but I'm in scientific computing, not software development.

[@gregforgotmylastname2905]

"Are you a programmer?" "Yes." "So what do you do?" "I program." "What else can you do?" "Copy paste error messages into google."

[@dimuthusudesh850]

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[@manbirjudge8415]

🤣🤣 You are a true programmer.

[@moderneinstein2644]

Yup

[@Binizh23]

The best part of programming is when the software finally comes together and runs seamlessly. Ouuu that feels 😁

[@fefeisbored1958]

Or when you add a thing and it just runs without errors.

[@dybiosol]

@@fefeisbored1958 Or when you write something and it runs just as you expected the first time you hit Run.

[@quintencabo]

Those are rare but when it happens ouuuu

[@gray.dog6]

Dude it feels like I just got $1,000,000 when that happens. Only problem is that it’s as rare as getting $1,000,000 :/

[@Binizh23]

@@gray.dog6 lol I feel ya'

[@photosinensis]

What do programmers do? Mostly, we shitpost on Reddit.

[@victornpb]

No they fix your printer, and hack facebook accounts.

[@unnwas]

>Reddit

[@13thxenos]

stackexchange

[@pepn]

"The mouse isn't working, can you fix this for me?" - every programmer's parents

[@kodnot]

Devrant > reddit

[@Dojan5]

"Do software engineers get banned from talking to customers?" Man. Most software engineers I know would be absolutely thrilled to not have to talk to customers.

[@jonharson]

I ban the customers if they manage to reach engineering...

[@MrSlowestD16]

Whether they like it or don't, most don't speak with customers. There's other job roles that are more geared towards that. If you speak with a customer it'll be most likely be an engineer from another company who's a customer.

[@Lambda_Ovine]

Everyone would be thrilled to not have to talk to customers, including the costumer service department.

[@kidacrimson1204]

LOLOL, Is this a joke?! I've been working in IT going on 8 years now and that is exactly _why_ I'm learning to code...*so I don't have to talk to users/customers anymore!!* They are the WORST.

[@dcmsr5141]

This is the very reason I got into coding, 28 yrs and counting as a floor nurse, I can't wait to graduate and I look forward the solitude

[@firenationfiles2063]

10% coding, 20% debugging, *70% googling*

[@Surtur99]

Do experienced/hired programmers also do it? I read a lot about people struggling, sitting and reading code for hours, trying to solve stuff.

[@ravronz9677]

100% copy paste from stackoverflow hahaha

[@ZippyDoodah]

@@Surtur99 If something does show up that they do not know of, even if they are experienced, they often search it up as they learn from it. Learning is continuous no matter what your profession. Often there is someone who knows more than you do, they post it on google, the programmer looks it up and learns :D

[@figloalds]

Yes, Google is often the fastest way into some specific documentation you put php explode, java replace all, net Tasks.WhenAll and get straight to the right docs. Also, it is very common to check documentation even for the simplest common APIs, because it's impossible and inefficient to memorize all the tiny details behind them, for example indexOf in most languages returns -1 if not found, but some might throw an exception. Some functions throw exception and fail loudly others just returns null, it's messy. The docs also has detailed information about the parameters and how the function will behave in special scenarios, tiny things you cannot simply guess or be expected to keep memorized In short yes, no matter how long you've been programming, research is a tightly related skill.

[@Vortex-qb2se]

Who needs google if you have brain...

[@mastercode7851]

me when coding : 1% code 50 % browse in stackoverflow for soultion 49% debuggin edit: thanks for likes

[@koji2975]

so fokin true Edit:you forgot that we just hang out on reddit and shitpost a lot

[@alek3y]

where's eating

[@yxcvbnmmnbvcxy544]

I'm feeling sad for the person that programmed stackoverflow

[@daveduffy2823]

Exactly

[@kevinpham3093]

Me when coding: 100% giving up

[@CharlieZalidar]

Watching this while procrastinating on a programming project

[@oskrm]

hello fellow procrastinator

[@sanapagarkar4514]

Same

[@chandrashekard.7543]

Lol same here

[@eshwarkumar8138]

Hello my friend

[@georgeelsham]

thealbinolizard literally me ALL the time. Please help me overcome this.

[@FinaISpartan]

Start projects not because they're easy, but rather because they thought it would be easy. Furthermore, they live off of coffee and spend 90% of their time on stackoverflow or reddit.

[@zakariasahmane1132]

I wouldn't be able to do my job if stackoverflow didn't exist actually.

[@Ariana-dn4mm]

stack overflow is my saviour haha

[@marys2129]

Glad Rose-Hulman is preparing me in that department too, because it feels like that 100% of the time!

[@neutronstar6739]

Me, basically lmao.

[@splittydev]

Pretty accurate

[@robj7481]

I’m a slot machine/iOS app programmer and I’ll tell you what we do: we drink coffee and stare blankly for hours at lines of code on a computer screen before realizing we forgot to add a “}” somewhere. !!!😡😡🥴🥴🤯🤯

[@yashkapoor5894]

LOL

[@michalyne]

That sounds about right...LOL

[@tg.yusofffamily9960]

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[@tg.yusofffamily9960]

@@michalyne kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3qcap6uh7WGars

[@Monster-be2yp]

😂🤣

[@gregsettle9725]

After 20+ years programming, I'll say the two hardest things about programming is getting useful info from users and keeping managers, especially VPs, from trying to add to specs during development.

[@SaintSaint]

Dipping down is the worst. I actually don't mind the users if I get enough time to talk with them directly. I like to see how people do their jobs and its fun to fix their agony. I feel like a superhero. But I've also had a CEO in my cube making arbitrary decisions for dynamic content on the main page as I code it for her and deploy to prod real time on a 100K users/day website. I agree about the dipping down part.

[@MarkSwope]

They stare off into space for a long time, then they type something. Repeat.

[@brianlance]

Also occasionally watch youtube videos about "What do programmers actually do?"

[@IanJamesFowler]

yeah it's all Boolean...conditional day dream

[@TheRealXPL_]

hmmm... stereotypes... I type 82 wpm, and i will not stop typing until my script is done.

[@juancalle4369]

God damn this is spot on lol.

[@BillAnt]

Maybe they write a couple of lines of code, then hit pornhub for an hour, go back to code, and repeat. No, I wouldn't know... ha-ha

[@sjoervanderploeg4340]

What programmers do: read lots of documentation :(

[@lancewalker2595]

I usually just wait for someone on a StackOverFlow thread.

[@RomualdBrunet]

while trying our best never to write any documentation of our own

[@astralacuity]

That's certainly a part of the job... doesn't overshadow other aspects such as Q&A or refactoring, but it's significant. It's one of my favorite aspects because with documentation comes fresh knowledge and that's where the job never stagnates.

[@MadGamer_666]

What programers do : stackoverflow.com/ "copy" -> "paste"

[@rcbridj]

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[@ffKingcreole]

Damn, you said "think of a problem you wanna solve" and my brain was like "world peace" this is gonna be difficult xD

[@Emily-fm7pt]

Gerrit Großkopf break the problem down into solvable pieces

[@mosup5007]

@@Emily-fm7pt covid-19 looks like a hard solution at least we may learn a lesson from that and start a real change

[@ninjafruitchilled]

*programs benevolent SkyNet to overthrow all human governments and lead world into a new age of enlightenment*

[@nabeel9187]

@@ninjafruitchilled Error 404 Skynet crashed Immediate civil war

[@christiancoleman5452]

Muhammad Jācir 😂

[@EdadTace]

This is all wrong. I mostly just complain about other people's code.

[@DeTrOiTXX12]

haha that's so funny

[@bbqseitan7106]

I'm an IT tech and my mantra is "its the program."

[@dimuthusudesh850]

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[@denisblack9897]

tldr: programmers just understand the basics, they google everything else

[@jameslawson1]

Speak for yourself.

[@user-fi5dn4ji5u]

If you relate to this, please forget everything you have learned, and learn it all again from something/someone reputable.

[@seren3650]

Everyone’s gotta consult the man at some point.

[@moonlightsculptor3781]

Suddenly we need to use different language.. lol

[@Chromodynamics]

So how do they create Google?

[@robj7481]

I'm a hardware/software engineer and I do it for the challenge. But a word of caution; NEVER let the customer have direct access to the engineer or the product modification requests will be ENDLESS

[@esarmiento7]

Why ?

[@MadGamer_666]

Too late... 😐

[@moonlightsculptor3781]

Advantage in CS, data structures n algo, math a lot, mostly u learn concept instead of code

[@robj7481]

dave, ABSOLUTELY. I have a masters in hardware but 100% self taught in software. When I started in 1979, I learned on my own through publications like Popular Electronics, but I quickly discovered there was always one component in any “build this” project that I couldn’t get my hands on so I started designing my own stuff (all discrete, resistors, diodes, transistors, etc), but then I got restless and wanted to learn CPUs so Z80, here I come! But then I realized I couldn’t program anything I designed so the next step was learning Assembly. I learned to code in BASIC as well and was writing games for the TRS-80 in 1980. I wrote my own versions of popular arcade games like Tron and Warlords. It wasn’t until after grade school that I went for the degree (graduated in 1983) but by then I already had a very good groundwork laid in electronics. Well, here it is 40 years later and I’m STILL doing this sh... er stuff! PS, not a silly question!

[@robj7481]

edgar sarmiento, why? Because customers will NAG and nitpick you about every piece of code or functionality in the project.. “can you make it do this?”, “I’d prefer it did that.”

[@sgtdopeaf757]

Memorize r u serious. We google everything and thank god for stackoverflow

[@Anomaly66666]

So anyone can become a basic programmer and just use stack overflow?

[@batka5024]

@@Anomaly66666 dont listen them, if it was that way do u think how many people want to be programmerrs ? you need to study very much !

[@karna9156]

@@batka5024 actually I am looking for backend developer roles (fresher).I am just eager to know how really people are working in IT sector, everyone here is commenting 1%code,50%stack overflow,49%debug....I am really confused .are these guys are kidding or is this a situation really happening. Thanks in advance brother !

[@batka5024]

@@karna9156 Dont trust everythink u read on the internet, ofcourse programming its not that like the comment, u need to work very hard to succseed for it jobs this days. for me its 98% coding and the rest are others thinks. work hard get good reward have a nice day

[@karna9156]

@@batka5024 thank you for the kind reply bro ! Have a nice day 💥

[@navidson1290]

You just might be the coolest person on youtube. In going through several of your old videos over the past month or so I've found that you're super intelligent, hilarious, you play music, and now you're hugging a copy of Dominion, my favorite game! Keep being awesome!

[@Psi105]

The "you have to work alone to work best" line is more of a misunderstanding. You have to get some work done in a day, like in any job. The thing with programming is that, if you're interrupted it can take you 10-15 minutes to get back into the right head-space and remember exactly where you were up to so you can continue coding. So if colleges keep visiting you every 15min for a 30sec chat, or even just ask you a question, you get zero done the entire day. Which is why you need to have at least some blocks of time without interruptions to get work done.

[@SarthorS]

This is why I hated working in open plan offices and preferred cubicles. A number of times I had to lock myself in an empty room for 2-3 hours when working on a particularly complex piece of code because any distraction at all would set me back. Plus in a cubicle you can personalise your workspace more, and have places to hang up reference sheets.

[@katrinal353]

I mean, programming is like writing a _novel._ You need your own head space, to let your own mind work, and your own body to translate that into something consistent. However, you only work with others as a necessity, if you want to write a really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really big novel. Plus, most programmers being introverts, it's kinda natural. lol

[@PandemonicHypercube]

Yeah I feel like "you have to work alone to work best", isn't a question I could give a yes or no answer to, because it really depends on what is meant by that. I mean, in order to work effectively on anything large, you absolutely need to be able to work well with others. This is a cooperative business by its very nature. Very, very rarely you'll get some kind of programming genius with terrible social skills, and have a manager act as an interface layer between them and everyone else, but that's extremely rare to the point of being almost non-existent. On the other hand, when it comes to actually sitting down to do programming/debugging work, some people definitely do need to be alone to get into a flow state and be their most productive. I'm certainly one of those people, when I have to do any serious coding it's time to get some good music on the headphones and just block out the outside world. I understand the logic behind it, but working in one of those places where they do pair programming would be my worst nightmare, I just can't concentrate with someone hovering over my shoulder.

[@bryanblatz2001]

Ben Wilson I cannot agree more!

[@douwehuysmans5959]

What one programmer can do in a week, two programmers can do in two weeks.

[@umadbroyo2388]

My CS professor just tells me that we programmers are better at using Google.....

[@gusmaiawork]

better than who?

[@umadbroyo2388]

Gus Maia Better than an average person.

[@MisterL2_yt]

it's so true though xd

[@paimonbutter]

*what about the programmers who made Google*

[@jexusmasilungan250]

@@paimonbutter they are legends

[@AmirMahmood]

How to hack NASA with HTML?

[@kunalsingh-pp8gp]

😂😂😂

[@anown315]

Play with inspect element

[@hikigayahachiman1327]

You talk serious about it lmao. 😂

[@HolyMelonYT]

nasa, if you read this your hacked

[@nikhilsathe5956]

नासाच्या आईची गांड,

[@lofioto]

Amazing. Clean, fun to watch and SO educational. Great job! Thanks you so much!!!!

[@dcmsr5141]

Why do I find this so uplifting??? because when you've found your passion it's hard to keep it to yourself and when you share it the enthusiasm is contagious.

[@vedantrana1478]

I completely agree

[@kobeclips]

Headaches. We get headaches.

[@kobeclips]

And depression.

[@thegarageluthier]

bad eyes

[@kobeclips]

But its worth it cause its cool!!!

[@textexadecimal9340]

Don't forget about disappointment

[@WelcomeToMyDream]

Luckily there are pills for most of that, and caffeine for overclocking.

[@sleepinglionarchives]

Went back to watch your first vid. Adorable, dude. Enjoyed seeing the evolution of your delivery

[@AnhPham-gp6qq]

I was wandering around KZbin looking for inspiration and I clicked on your video out of curiosity. It turns out this DOES help me A LOT as I am in the same situation with Ms. Erin Teague in the vid!!! Thank you very much and I hope you can read this and be PROUD of what you're doing. Lots of love and wish you a good day.

[@johncasey5594]

I turned a childhood hobby of programming on my VIC20 into a, thus far, 30 year career I have absolutely loved. I am the epitome of the stereotypical programmer you described. I am a personable person, but I prefer working alone. I actually work from home full time for a bank. When I was a contract developer, I usually worked from 11PM into the wee hours of the morning.

[@stribor695]

hi Sir, do you mind if I message You, I have a question about working remotely.. I appreciate it in advance, thank you kindly ..

[@prasannachavan2483]

Are you my favourite John Casey from the NSA?

[@dleivam]

I love all your videos Dianna, you have so much energy and some how you pass it to us

[@Plan-C]

This channel is great. Easy to watch. Nice variety.

[@kati2761]

I love how funny yet informative this video is! Keep producing great content, here's a newbie at programming. :)

[@Archetapp]

They shape the world around us. No big deal.

[@patrick_test123]

Jared Davidson they make the stuff that tells the thing which makes the stuff that tells the things how to behave.

[@Abdi-uy1kh]

Spamme Loop - Last name checks

[@reyariass]

OMG it’s Jared!

[@LetsBuildThatApp]

Hi there jared

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

Ladies and gentlemen, what passes in the US for deftly understated irony.

[@arnavjoshi796]

We just copy code from stackoverflow

[@anuhassan5596]

pretty sure he was just joking...

[@jameslawson1]

Speak for yourself, Mr. php

[@MadGamer_666]

Is OK to copy things that already work. But come on Lol you gotta put the effort into your own code 😁

[@srishti-ai]

and who writes the codes on stackoverflow in the first place? Guess programmers.

[@aidynskullz4139]

Lol

[@stephenbryant7873]

Your description of why we like software engineering is spot on. As I was listening I noticed the desk behind you, laid out like my own including the long keyboard (88 keys?). Nice!

[@EllisDesignandTradeCo]

I'm brand new to coding and came across your channel, very entertaining but with cool information! My buddy always talks about the relationship of math to music, programming and many other things. I loved your explanation of the overlays in Photoshop, it starts to click a little more! Thanks for the vids! Subbed =)

[@Arunscape]

while (!doneprogram){ if(tired){ coffee++ ; continue; } else if( bug){ cout

[@IceMetalPunk]

No no, things graduate from bug to feature only when you *are* tired! Or if you work at Apple...

[@bytefu]

b work

[@mouradqqch1767]

You will never get a job if you code like that mate

[@jimmysyar889]

Arun Woosaree while(!doneprogram) { If(tired) { Coffee++; } Else if((apple.employee && bug) || (google. Employee && feature.new)) { Cout

[@bdnugget]

you can't just capitalize keywords like that

[@rudde7251]

I like to work alone. #NotAllProgrammers

[@m-agoumi]

me too high five 🖐👨‍💻

[@AnasKhan-ur9dp]

mouhamd Agoumi hack you tonight

[@sammymohamed1755]

True teamwork as a programmer is a fantasy

[@surelock3221]

Programming is like League of Legends, it really depends on the team and every mistake is YOUR fault alone

[@junhapark5799]

Sure Lock lol

[@henbomb9826]

Programming is the closest thing we'll ever have to a superpower

[@pianosenzanima1]

You need to research more into art

[@supreetkumar7604]

maybe

[@DepressedLemur9]

More like magic

[@sudonick2161]

True

[@hanasschoolwork4564]

love both programming and art. Both are creative.

[@samedwards6683]

Thanks so much for creating and sharing this educational and entertaining video. Great job. Hope that each day you are feeling better than the day before.🙏

[@exion94]

Hello! I am Bachelor of Science in Physics and I also left a physics for a job as a software engineer. I have no regrets! That was one of my best decisions of my life. Good luck Dianna! Cheers, Paul.

[@aMulliganStew]

my best friend from college, with a doctorate in physics, did the same thing. (and his name is Paul.)

[@mathewoxenham7540]

I'm a software engineer (I should say bachelor of Science too with honours) that dabbles in the physics side (see my channel). both side have their plus's

[@stephennaus5006]

So would you say it would be a bad decision to major in physics then? I'm a senior in high school and right now I'm planning on double majoring in physics and applied math but I'm not sure if that would be a big mistake. I don't enjoy computer science as much and I seem to be much better at more math-heavy subjects but I don't want to regret not majoring in it later. Your responses would be much appreciated.

[@emperortgp2424]

Stephen Naus I've been pondering this exact same thing for a while.

[@brentvettel5343]

Paul that's very nice Paul

[@JasonCoulls]

I've been programming 20 years and I have accumulated a row of rubber ducks (for debugging) on my desk. When people ask me if I've "got my ducks in a row", I literally just point in the direction of my desk and tell them "Look!". ha ha!

[@iLoveTurtlesHaha]

I want to be your friend. You got your ducks in a row and everything. XD

[@pumpkincal4411]

Wow you definitely get laid

[@user-sw1wq8lh2w]

you get ducks for fixing bugs? I just get more bug tickets :[

[@paulgoogol2652]

yea for every bug you fix you create 2 more. it is a delicate business.

[@joshmeyer3582]

I read that book :-) Talking to one duck wasn't enough for you? You had to go get more?

[@Raphael_NYC]

Thank you for your amazing ability to connect the dots with humor, science, talent and a genuine desire to share.

[@joshp7473]

writing code is so awesome and fun especially when u have good ideas fir projects its just so great to see everything work and come together

[@WilliamLeeSims]

I sometimes like to think of my coding like I'm writing the books from Myst. You simply write a bunch of text into plain text files and "POOF", you've created another world with its own rules. Hopefully that world solves the problem you're working on!

[@TonyHammitt]

I talked to Richard Stallman about this one time. What makes what you've typed into "code"? It was a strange discussion. Is there some magic that turns "something someone typed" into "code worthy of copyright protection"? We didn't come to a conclusion, but it was a good discussion.

[@rozaepareza]

I think the linking book was an analogy for how it felt for the game developers to create Myst. Those games were a big influence on me getting into coding, and now I'm a software engineer!

[@753238]

We really like 'artificial' so much Artificial World Artificial Preservatives Artificial Intelligence and even f***ing *Artificial Love* ?

[@drsquash2003]

You should make one called, what does congress even do?

[@physicsgirl]

I like that. a series on what anybody actually does.

[@UKPhoto111]

Take bribes on Net Neutrality?

[@aMulliganStew]

old childish rhyme: "Pro is opposite of Con. This fact is plainly seen. If progress means to go forward, then what does congress mean?"

[@ProfessorPolitics]

For the curious: The answer depends on who you ask, really. The most common idea in Poli Sci is that members act in ways that maximize their chances of reelection. They do this by claiming credit for things like getting funding for a fire department, by advertising their existence to their constituents via social media and meetings, and by taking positions on social issues. Others agree with this general idea but also hold that members pursue legislation with goals depending on the committees they serve on and/or their ambition. It may be hard to believe, but a lot of evidence shows that politicians try to push policy that they think that their voting constituents (and sometimes constituents more generally) will benefit from. Others still show that they pursue policies in-line with their ideological beliefs (conditional on what is tractible given the current political moment). But! Interestingly, a lot of good evidence shows that they aren't as easily bought as people think, but they are reliant on the "expertise" (both real and artificial) of their staff and external sources (including outside businesses/lobbying groups but also bureaucrats as well). They're also much more wed to the party line due to a combination of gerrymandering, activism from think-tanks and party activists in general, and rule changes that happened in the 70s but we're catalyzed in the 90s.

[@Saludin2]

idk man just watch house of cards maybe you learn something

[@jellybertdelattiba7603]

A Big thank to Ben for Jacob's software, the guy is so incredible good with music ! Adding Ben's work is a real piece of art ! And you ROCK !

[@BisayaProgramming]

Thank you so much for sharing this content. This is a big help for everyone.

[@danielkeenan2508]

I write software for a living. It's not all beer and skittles. Most jobs are boring rinse and repeat data-entry and reporting systems. Only a small proportion of programmers get paid to work on cool stuff. But I still love it and code for fun in my spare time.

[@Maicowerk]

I work on cool stuff

[@danielkeenan2508]

Lucky you. :)

[@ZapOKill]

get another job, there is plenty of cool stuff

[@AlexanderKrivacsSchrder]

I second the get another job sentiment. Software developers are in very high demand. Don't settle for data entry and reporting, if that's not your cup of tea.

[@beakz]

We Google, "How do I ..." :)

[@luisrogelio98]

Also: How to .... in *Programing Language*

[@llawliet6429]

god bless google for destroying imagination, and intuition

[@arnavjoshi796]

We use stackoverflow

[@beakz]

Not really. It just saves me from keeping lots of information in my head that is better used for other things :)

[@matthewsantiago7113]

HOW DO I JAVA. HOW DO I C#. HOW DO I NODEJS. UNIT TEST HOW. BAD MERGE FIX HOW.

[@lamiaearzaz2454]

This literally helps me go through my programming sessions, because I'm not on that"other side" (where you're comofrtable with ITand stuff) yet!

[@meaganthemarionette4899]

When you mentioned​ editing pictures and dealing with math, that blew my mind lol.

[@linkheroofwinds]

I’m in my senior year of High School and I’ve been really unsure whether to pursue Physics/Quantum Mechanics or Computer Science. Although I enjoy the former, I think you have so much for freedom in the latter field. This video’s definitely helping me lean toward Computer Science, but I’ll take a few classes in both and see where I end up, haha.

[@doublehelixalchemist8678]

Link, The Hero of Winds Why not both?! You can double major!

[@LordNjal]

The right answer is both. Then you can program quantum physics (a really useful and interesting field). My philosophy is : when in doubt, always take the non it major and learn code yourself. If you’re good enough you will be in a good position as software requires knowledge of the field to be done properly.

[@Graghma]

You will learn the basics of coding in a physics degree and many employers will take physics/math/computer science as valid degrees to hire from for entry level programming jobs. Pursue what interests you the most as that'll drive you to keep working, $ doesn't motivate as well in the long term...

[@garyk3478]

Quantum physics seems so iffy ( :) )

[@pwells19]

Do both. I'm studying Physics with a minor in Computer Science. I know people that do it the other way. It's a fantastic combo.

[@brainmagic8816]

This is really interesting, fun video! Love that you found such a fabulous diverse group of ladies to talk to. Even as a writer by trade, I've been looking into learning more code and technical skills, because it just seems so vital that we understand the technological world. And I also found I LOVED the puzzle solving element of it. I wish I had been introduced to it in school, because it definitely would have been a contender, as it blends creativity and logic in a way that is very interesting to me.

[@NGC1433]

Diverse group of ladies... Are you even hearing it yourself?

[@brainmagic8816]

What do you mean? I can't tell if you're criticizing diction or criticizing calling them diverse?

[@sphumelelesijadu]

5:59 *This is what I always say!!!* I was doing biomedical engineering in the school of Electrical engineering and now moved to information engineering and I love coding!

[@apoorvkumar6261]

It is the first video of you I am watching and I must say you do it gracefully. Such a beauty.

[@laraglendenning8102]

Ik you probably won’t read this but, im a high school student trying to figure out what I want to do with my life. I’ve been a fan of yours for a couple years and software engineering has always been something I’ve thought maybe I could do that. And I literally started screaming when I started this video. Like ugh thank you.

[@chewingwildflower]

3 years later, how are you now? :)

[@surajrao4792]

@@chewingwildflower yeah even i am curious to know :)

[@APRA30]

Oi, how’s it going now?? Hopefully things have worked out well

[@Leugim010]

What a great video to give me motivation to finish my dental clinic software project for college hahah

[@TheGodlessGuitarist]

Creatively solving puzzles! (and saving time by checking stack-overflow first)

[@blamb42]

Programming is the BEST DRUG EVER! The endorphin rush from completing a program (or even just an algorithm for a subroutine) is intense. It leaves solving the Jumble puzzle in the dust.

[@StaticV]

"basically" I c what you did there

[@IceMetalPunk]

The pun came along Swift as a stealthy Python.

[@shubhamshinde3593]

i c++ what you did there

[@nineball039]

Glad you don't have a lisp.

[@JaccovanSchaik]

Oh, can I have a Go?

[@strengthman600]

starmoon1987 It's probably good you can C# if your Objective is to C

I'm fairly sure programmers actually turn coffee into bugs.

[@agungwibowoibrahim2156]

Dávid Semperger 100% accurate

[@danpluso]

bugs??? or features??? :D

[@Piotrek7654321]

Well, considering that your coffee already contains some bugs in it...

[@BillAnt]

And turn bugs into coffee.. lol

[@Draco-wq1ch]

coffee --> code --> features --> bugs --> frustration --> coffee. Rinse and repeat.

[@kunalsingh-pp8gp]

This is your first video I watched... Awesome

[@syrrysaver2775]

I watched this when it was new but I think I stopped before the end because of the pain of the missed opportunities in my life because no one had explained how all the things I was interested in were the same. Great video.

[@raterus]

Programmer here...I liked you described that "puzzle" aspect. I couldn't imagine working another job, same thing all day just different input parameters, boring!

[@chariethe]

Funny... I’ve graduated as a software engineer and I still ask this myself everyday. I’m currently in a job where it is NOT at all related to what I took, but it pays the bills.

[@camicus-3249]

Bin man

[@zengrath]

This, almost everyone i know who went to college to get a degree never actually gets a job using that degree. For me college is the biggest rip off. I known a guy who had like every technical degree you can have and still didn't have a job in it. Problem is most jobs require degree's also require years of experience, if your not already in the field or have close friends who are, your wasting your time. Good luck ever paying off what you paid to get those degree's.

[@chariethe]

British Blue admin for a computer company. But don’t worry too much. Not everyone will end up like me. Everyone’s chances are different. My advice? Start looking for career opportunities a few months before you graduate. Just put yourself out there and someone will eventually bite.

[@TonyHammitt]

Welcome to life! I'm a physicist who's just been doing this software stuff for 20 years to pay the bills :) The physics stuff comes in handy more than you'd think, error analysis, stats, differential equations, combinatorics, it's all blended in there somewhere.

[@katrinal353]

+zengrath The thing with Computer Science, is that there's a divide between theory and the frameworks. Theory is what makes you a _scientist_ and if you want to be the one designing all the cool algorithms, you want this. However, if you become a developer/code-monkey, you don't need much theory in your daily life, but instead, you need to learn technologies, languages etc., so that you can apply them _practically,_ and _efficiently_ and that is something that you have to learn outside a University, on your own. That's the reality, a CS degree is basically meaningless for "jobs", if you can't code the things that you know.

[@jasoncatlyn7331]

Very interesting! Thanks for the video!

[@shinthantkaung]

Love this so much, get better Diana

[@mrspecs4430]

im trying to visualize the basic pun but i can't see it very sharp

[@sean9806]

Ser Noisy I c what you did there

[@milanstevic8424]

nice prologue, but I'm here for the clojure

[@tomovlada]

@Jonah Mann QUESTION: Which mountain is 8 times taller than Velebit? ANSWER: Velebyte (Yes, there is a mountain called Velebit)

[@galaxynova9276]

aaaaa a *python* is attacking me

[@Peat030]

Double pun... deserves a like

[@stevenbaumann8692]

I always thought they just created ridiculous updates so they could force them on me, and shutdown my computer during a presentation.

[@DrunkenUFOPilot]

Yes, most of us do that. But a few of us have to create the original software to be updated. BTW, when is your next presentation? [Rubs hands together gleefully]

[@ClockworkRBLX]

most of us programmers don't like that either, which is part of why a larger percentage of us use linux and not windows

[@user-os8sq3uh4n]

ClockworkHex I don't know about most of us... I wouldn't dream of coding without Windows around. Though I love Linux VMs for coding environments and Linux on the server.

[@angrysocialjusticewarrior]

Windows is simply superior to Linux in every way. Linux is a great system for personal use, but for professional environments..... Windows is the way to go if you want to be taken seriously.

[@AndyPandy33]

You trippin

[@sadie1150]

I love puzzles!! I took a computer science class when I was attending a medical academy and I loved it! Adding codes to make things move or what ever the case was was so fun to me but after that I never pursued it ): I'm not one who is super smart and idk if you even have to be for a career like this. Maybe that's why I never pursued it. But any who, I enjoyed the video. Any video longer than 2 min needs to be made to keep someone's attention and you amiga, did just that with the comedy haha keep up the good work!

[@the3picpr0_66]

You can still pick it up and learn on your own. That’s the cool thing about programming, it’s still 80% google even if you know what you are doing

[@russellbride]

I remember playing about with n-body problem simulations on my old Apple II coded in BASIC ... Physics and coding go hand in hand. Thanks for that.

[@Mr6Sinner]

Program?

[@physicsgirl]

An excellent guess.

[@VAXHeadroom]

mostly I write documentation. Well...that's the snarky answer. Actually I write software to control satellite systems. Or turn coffee into hardware...whatever :D

[@IceMetalPunk]

Good documentation has saved many a project! Poor documentation has caused many a near stroke...

[@nirmalpadwal1266]

Uriah Siner I was going to comment the same thing but I was a bit late (8 hours). Great minds think alike !!

[@rynstrs]

And drink coffee. We also talk to rubber ducks, but mostly during infinite loops.

[@BertGrink]

Programmer (n.): Organism that converts Coffee to Software.

[@silentgrove7670]

Yes. Drinking coffee NOW and was learning about dynamic programming this afternoon.

[@ollerich32]

Also pizza!

[@ChipAltmanxD]

You got me with the 'basically'.

[@Desimor]

I love this. I came from a video/audio production background which I thought I was going to be in for the rest of my life, but it was too stressful. I found myself always playing puzzle games and even my approache to RPG or FPS games was as if I were trying to solve the mystery of how to git gud. Then I tried coding and was hooked! Working from home and living my best life as a coder. :)

[@braed6202]

This really taught me nothing.. :(

[@Guztav1337]

Haha!

[@madraven37]

LOL..

[@rcbridj]

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[@fakecubed]

What programmers actually do is read documentation, try to understand what the code they're looking at actually does, and then like 10% of the time is actually writing new code.

[@N7492]

Supporting your family as an astronomer is very difficult. So I became a programmer. Just as fun and far more lucrative. Now, I'm retired, and I do astronomical research by creating programs that data mine large on line repositories of raw data. Programming is the ultimate computer game.

[@xybersurfer]

"Programming is the ultimate computer game" nicely said

[@randjan8592]

Also the most difficult, I guess...

[@howardlam6181]

go to hackerant and you see different difficulty of "games"

[@michaelherweg7421]

N7492 you play games against your own abilites.

[@esthertsema]

Very helpful video, I am trying to figure out where to shift my career and coding sounds interesting to me 😁

[@kenjayfx]

This was super useful for me. Great to think of programming like this.

[@airproductions4383]

love this vid

[@herchynyeow6895]

Star Dusk Tornado

[@airproductions4383]

what!?!?!

[@aznman85]

Thank you for this video that it was very entertaining.

[@figloalds]

I've been developing software professionally for 6 years now, but I'm curious and passionate about programming languages since I was 11 years old (that's 15 years ago) when I first read C The Complete Reference; What I love most is that I'm constantly both learning new stuff and heavily using the stuff I learned previously, it wears me down every day as any job would, but it never stops being awesome. I'm very lucky to have early on spotted my true vocation.

[@realchrishawkes]

Nice video sis!

[@dimuthusudesh850]

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[@AschKris]

Programming is the closest thing there is to magic

[@patrick_test123]

Christian really? If it is we are pretty bad at magic.

[@IceMetalPunk]

So you're saying... I'm a wizard, Harry?! :D

[@IceMetalPunk]

Elf Friend... "rocks with lightning in them" is the coolest way to describe a computer I've ever heard, and I would like to only use that phrase for them from now on. But people would think I'm crazy and wouldn't hire me :(

[@nineball039]

Programming in assembly code *is* magic.

[@tetsi0815]

Can I give like 5 thumbs up on this? :-)

[@RiotSmurf]

I am definitely late to comment, currently going through a bunch of videos on this channel. Super fun stuff, its like binge watching a show you like. Anyway I am a software dev and the puzzle explanation makes so much sense. My favorite part about the puzzle solving with software is that a lot of the time you create puzzles(word problems basically xD) where the goal is to make this puzzle that once it is completed; it will solve other puzzles for you more efficiently. Which the greatest starting project for beginners is to make a basic calculator, you are creating a puzzle(coding calculator) where the goal is that it will solve other puzzels(the math problems). My other favorite part is actually the math. Math has never been my strong suit until i started coding. All of a sudden math became a language to me. Instead of writing the math problem out, then solving it by hand. I could understand what equations i needed for the computer to tell me the solution, then i could enter different values through the software without having to write the problem over and over. Not sure if any of that made sense. Maybe someone will see it and understand lol.

[@TheNikkie29]

Ohhh didn't realise that was your subject area, I touched on low metallicity stars during my masters :D Went to the high metallicity end for PhD :') Also love the space vest top!

[@murad_albarki]

first time i see you, i like you that's what your first impression is, funny and smart

[@louisng114]

4:52 "start with a problem you want to solve. I bet you can think of a program or app that can solve that problem." What about the twin prime conjecture and Riemann hypothesis? D:

[@frechjo]

Riemann hypothesis? I'll try a brute force approach. If that doesn't work I'll use some hillclimbing search. It will be done by next Monday!

[@Egzvorg]

halting problem ;)

[@rabbitpiet7182]

Go do it, now, just do it!

[@arnavjoshi796]

Or try P Vs NP

[@taimoordon]

traveling salesman

[@teuton8363]

Im just more into embedded software, its so much more down to earth :D

[@davidwuhrer6704]

IC what you did there.

[@Enn-]

I LOVE that you introduced me to Jacob Collier with this video in Dec of 2017, but I didn't remember how I'd "found" him until rewatching this video in Dec 2023. Thanks again Dianna! You've made my life better again!

[@GitfiddleMike]

Great video. And, yes, I got the "basically" joke referencing BASIC (Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code).

[@HillValleyMaker]

You're such a fantastic communicator!

[@vodkacannon]

Andrew Tompsett i am?

[@Karimozoro]

I recently fell in love with programming, after I received a task of preparing 400 3dsmax files and 400 c4d files for sale. Now I'm fluent in Maxscript and learning Python. At school I was in love with physics and I actually miss it. I don't know why did I study interior architecture!!

[@marleneantunes3293]

Karim Jamal-Eddine maybe you think you love programming and physics but it's just a "compensation" mechanism because you are not sure about your interior architecture decision

[@fruitsnacks3281]

This was a great video! I started programming before I was in highschool and fell in love with it! I've tought myself c++ java python and working on javascript. Coding is such a cool thing. Now I'm working on cybersecurity in college but I still practice coding everyday. And want to find a job in code most likely first before I get deeper into the security. But I'm also majorly into hacking but the better you are as a coder the better you can be with hacking. It all ties together it's amazing!!!

[@revywild]

As a relatively new programmer (just went through bootcamp, crazy job app process, then getting a job) this community is so nerdy i love it! XD

[@shreyaverma9595]

Omg girl! I can relate to you so much 😍💝💝💝

[@katty4682]

As a female into programming, I, honesty do not care if I'm the only female in the group or the only whatever ethnicity I am, etc. So long as people treat me with respect I don't feel excluded just because I might be a "whatever identity label I choose to identify as at the time". I really don't see how race or gender makes all that big of a difference in anything, but maybe I'm wrong here idk

[@melitajay]

^Exactly. I care more about personality than anything else.

[@learntospellpeople]

Christobanistan No.

[@vivsssss]

Christobanistan I'm a computer science student in Brazil and I can definitely tell you that families in here don't stimulate girls to get into technology bc they see it as a masculine area, and some teachers me and my classmates came across were very discriminating on girls in our class bc in their eyes we aren't capable of doing a job as good as a man, that stimulated many girls I was friends with to leave computer science, so what you said isn't true...

[@zirrnorseman8068]

Vivi Romero I think he meant in America/Canada

[@jjpbjp]

Thank you! This is 2018 and the world is your oyster. No one cares about your gender and/or race. They just want to get the job done!

[@ValerioBruno82]

Thank you for bringing your joy and passion to this over-engineered field!

[@ninjasiren]

I love programming and debugging in general, anything connected with game dev, mobile app dev, and game mod dev is always my jam.