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From: richl@lumiere.UUCP (Rick Lindsley)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: New Discussion (first meetings)
Message-ID: <1572@lumiere.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 8-Jan-86 13:08:41 EST
Article-I.D.: lumiere.1572
Posted: Wed Jan  8 13:08:41 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 11-Jan-86 07:31:51 EST
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Reply-To: richl@lumiere.UUCP (Rick Lindsley)
Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR
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Summary: 

I may be going a bit beyond the original article, since I didn't see it. But ..

It seems to boil down to whether you are satisfied with your "image" or not.
If you are a programmer, are you proud of it? Indifferent? Ashamed? If you
are ashamed then you should figure out what to do about it -- either changing
careers, or (usually easier) changing your work environment so you have a
sense of pride about what you are doing.

Me, I'm indifferent about being a programmer. I like what I'm doing but I
don't go around spouting about how great it is. Yeah I have relatively thick
glasses, I like chess, and you usually won't find me in bars. But I do like
sports and outdoors activities too, and I recently got contacts (more for
the convenience than any aesthetic considerations). I've had only two
girlfriends in seven years, with about 6 years in between them, but I've
also found that quality is better than quantity. That's not being snobbish,
just patient.

Rick Lindsley