There is a reason why programmers are often seen as an entirely different segment of the society. They often live in their own world and see code almost everywhere. Ok, maybe we’re taking it a bit too far. But we’re not that far off. There are some habits, which are common amongst most programmers and like everything else; there are good habits and bad habits. So, here’s some light reading about some common habits amongst programmers.
1. Logic, that’s the core of a good program. Without logic, a code fragment is just a bunch of commands. Programmers are logical people and they employ logic everywhere, even when it comes to human interactions. They expect others to act as logically as themselves.
2. The difference between machine and man is that we understand subtlety or can provide for ambiguity. Writing a code is about being perfect and not ambiguous. That is exactly what a programmer often is in life as well, a perfectionist, and obsessive compulsive.
3. Programmers try to optimise the work that they do. As a result, they often shirk on some other, more ‘human’ responsibilities like taking out the trash etc.
4. When they’re stuck on a code, they’re stuck on a code, there are no two ways about it. At these times, they forget food and even water sometimes.
5. You will often find a programming starting a count from zero. It’s just one of those things you get from working with too many arrays.
6. Programming on a particular language makes them so used to it that they use the programming language in real world interactions sometimes. This makes them really tough to relate to. |  |
