Survey Results - Are you proud of your vocation?

Really.
I don't see myself doing anything else, and I can tell that for a couple of times I took the other lane but ended on this one short after Smile | :)

For starters my mother gave me my first computer when I was 8. It was a ZX Spectrum 2048.
Great machine that I manage to start programming about an year after just by trying the few commands on the last page of the manual Smile | :)

From then on I had other machines, always trying to get the most out of them but on the university I went to Mechanical Engineering. D'Oh! | :doh:

I can tell that I never done anything professionally on that area and start my career as a software developer Poke tongue | ;-P

So Hell yeah I'm proud!!

the subject speaks of itself.

Programmer's C# { Do it Better;}

No.

Pride is a bad thing.
I am thankful for the ability to do what I do, but proud, no.

It lets me stand tall if I let it, as I'm my own worst enemy.

"Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence."

<< please vote!! >>

Wait, you said vOcation... Poke tongue | ;-P

It's an OO world.

C#

public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
    public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
}

... the profession is infested with snake-oil salesmen?

Stand tall when you can manage to deliver whatever a snake-oil salesman had to tell a customer in order to get some money out of him Smile | :)

If you think about it, for good and for worst, there aren't so many areas where you have this kind of power.

Big Grin | :-D

Cheer up man, be proud!!

if you pull your commander and chiefs but out of the fire by delivering on his vapor ware promises you can lift your head tall.

But when constantly getting redicilous requests and expectations while having to sacrifice your time with your family and your happiness, I suggest firing up the old resume and jumping ship.

Vapor ware is sold by 99% of all companies (this number decreases slightly by the amount of years they have been in operation) but some companies manage it better than others.

If your boss shows up at your desk on friday afternoon stating that this imaginary software solution needs to be ready for demo on a Monday I think you have your answer.

Chona1171
Web Developer (C#), Silverlight

I usually commit to my company.
I mean, if everybody is on the same ship then we all go down on it.

I just don't go along with extra efforts by my own.
If my boss wants me or my team to do extra effort and sacrifice our time then he must do it too. No exception.

If it's so important then it should be fine with him, if it's not he will manage to put it on the normal stack.
Also if your manage gets mad at you because of your position is just because he don't want to join the effort. This is the time you need to start looking for a new job Smile | :)

Simply stand tall and forget about them!

Veni, vidi, vici.

Option	Votes	%
Always	572	54.27
Sometimes	342	32.45
Rarely	56	5.31
No	39	3.70
I have no vocation (for whatever reason)	45	4.27
Total	1,054	100%