Before and After the Programmer Life [closed]

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Published on 2011-03-02T10:02:32Z Indexed on 2011/03/02 15:33 UTC
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How were people before and after becoming programmers through a black box? In a black box, the implementation is irrelevant; therefore, we focus on the input and output:

High School Nerd -> becomeProgrammer() -> Manager
(Person Before) -> (Person as Programmer) -> (New Person)

(Person Before) -> (Person as Programmer) How are the typical lives of people before they became programmers? Why do people pursue life as a programmer?

(Person as Programmer) -> (New Person) How has becoming a programmer changed people afterwards? Why quit being a programmer?

Anecdotes would be nice.

If many programmers have similar backgrounds and fates, do you think that there is some sort of stereotypical person that are destined to become programmers?

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