I've been a professional C, Perl, PHP and Python developer.
I'm an ex-sysadmin from the late 20th century.
These days I do more Javascript and CSS and whatnot, and promote UX and accessibility.
A sense of "making it", from either getting signed to a deal or joining a public software company
Status, from either Platinum albums or Twitter/Github mentions
Influence in their small circles (e.g. BET Hip Hop Awards, MET GALA, etc. versus tech conferences )
I'm a programmer, and I don't want any of these things. I can't be alone.
I also think the link between rap and programming simply isn't there. If you say it's because you're taking things in your head and making some kind of creative product out of them, then that applies to pretty much everything you can imagine.
I think if I was going to try to make this stretch, I'd comment about how lyrics all stand on the shoulders of their ancestors (there's nothing new under the sun) and how that compares to modern programming relying on so many libraries, or how the environment tries to reinvent itself every few years while mostly on a journey to discover that it's invented something that was already invented in the 1960s.
[x] Strongly disagree.
I'm a programmer, and I don't want any of these things. I can't be alone.
I also think the link between rap and programming simply isn't there. If you say it's because you're taking things in your head and making some kind of creative product out of them, then that applies to pretty much everything you can imagine.
I think if I was going to try to make this stretch, I'd comment about how lyrics all stand on the shoulders of their ancestors (there's nothing new under the sun) and how that compares to modern programming relying on so many libraries, or how the environment tries to reinvent itself every few years while mostly on a journey to discover that it's invented something that was already invented in the 1960s.
Dont kill my vibe... lol