> don't read anything about patterns or refactoring
Actually, I wish I had done so. Then, after dumping it in disgust, I wouldn't have allowed programming to burn my youth, and would perhaps now be in an honest and not yet intellectually-stunted field like chemistry - where cube farms are unknown and the subject has some actual (vs. accidental) depth (see: http://tinyurl.com/lfzb58)
Actually, I wish I had done so. Then, after dumping it in disgust, I wouldn't have allowed programming to burn my youth, and would perhaps now be in an honest and not yet intellectually-stunted field like chemistry - where cube farms are unknown and the subject has some actual (vs. accidental) depth (see: http://tinyurl.com/lfzb58)