Programming can be great, fun, challenging and profitable, but it can also be tedious, boring, demoralizing and hours can be miserable. It all depends on the company and the project you're working on.
I agree with most of the haters in this thread yet I wouldn't trade it for another kind of job :-)
> I just find aerospace boring, unimaginative, stressful and low paying,
Could you expand on that a bit? To an outsider aerospace sounds much cooler than making web widgets with questionable purpose...
In programming, it's move fast and break things. In aerospace, it's move slow and be methodical and never break things. I work in certification, and something as simple as re-painting interior sidewall panels requires something called an STC (supplemental type certificate) which requires updating manuals, burn testing representative samples of the painted panels, and design reports with constant communication with the local transport authority. I think the process is adequate, since we're dealing with machines in the sky, but it's the complete opposite of innovation.
Programming can be great, fun, challenging and profitable, but it can also be tedious, boring, demoralizing and hours can be miserable. It all depends on the company and the project you're working on.
I agree with most of the haters in this thread yet I wouldn't trade it for another kind of job :-)
> I just find aerospace boring, unimaginative, stressful and low paying,
Could you expand on that a bit? To an outsider aerospace sounds much cooler than making web widgets with questionable purpose...