NYCPHP Meetup

[Kristina Anderson]

Tedd -- I've spent a LOT of time this week enumerating variables and 
dumping them out of $_POST arrays, and building sql strings...it's 
starting to seem a LITTLE monotonous...but nowhere near as monotonous 
as being a lawyer...!!

Which does go back to one of our (original) topics on this 
thread...that lawyers get more respect and money when what they do just 
doesn't require more brainpower than programming.   (At least I think 
that was one of the original topics...can't remember that far back!)

The bottom line is, whatever we have to do to increase the status and 
prestige of our profession, we have to do.  The only problem is that 
getting a roomful of programmers to AGREE on anything has never been 
done before!!! :)

-- Kristina

PS Nuclear weapons don't interest me, but I've always wanted to build a 
time machine.

> At 3:55 PM -0700 4/19/08, Kristina Anderson wrote:
> >The only "vocational" type of education I can see myself getting is a
> >law degree if I ever, in the years I have left, do decide to pursue
> >that...but we'll see how this programming thing pans out!
> 
> Most lawyers don't do much but practice the same thing over and over. 
> At least programming allows you to do things never done before.
> 
> >Also -- re our classes:  We had geometry and algebra and chemistry 
and
> >bio --  but the calculus and physics were "for the boys". LOL!
> >I guess they were very afraid we'd start burning our bras and 
building
> >nuclear weapons in our kitchens??
> 
> Well, of course, that's always been a concern. What you do with your 
> bra is up to you, but we have to draw the line at building nuclear 
> weapons in your kitchen. After all, it might spread to other rooms 
> and who knows what might happen there. :-)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> tedd
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