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Things Programmers Shout #454

“A different error message! Finally some progress!” // submitted by @falterfire

by Nathan W. Pyle

The thing about computer programming is that it’s a complete pain in the ass when you’re trying to figure out the problem, yet when you finally solve it, when you finally have that aha moment, the feeling of accomplishment is unlike anything you’ve felt when you’ve accomplished something. You think holy shit, I can make technology work, and that feeling is totally worth the long stretch of hours or even days when computer programming feels like a pain in the ass.

In whatever you choose to do, do it because it’s hard, not because it’s easy. Math and physics and astrophysics are hard. For every hard thing you accomplish, fewer other people are out there doing the same thing as you. That’s what doing something hard means. And in the limit of this, everyone beats a path to your door because you’re the only one around who understands the impossible concept or who solves the unsolvable problem.

Neil deGrasse Tyson (via mathblab)

Allow yourself to be a beginner. No-one starts off being excellent.

Unknown (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

"Stop beating yourself up. You are a work in progress - which means you get there a little at a time, not all at once."

- Unknown

The best way out is always through.

Robert Frost (via s-c-i-guy)

My kink? Knowing all the information