I’m about to be really, really honest.
I hate programming. I hate, hate, hatehatehate with the fire of a thousand suns, hate programming. And that pure, unadulterated hate means two things:
- It’s required by my degree plan.
- I suck at it.
I’m not going to tell you what program I’m in, because it’s a long, involved explanation that I don’t like to give. What I will tell you is that I’m going to school to stop bad guys … and I’m good at stopping bad guys. And, I’m good at the classes related to stopping bad guys. Like, really good.
Unfortunately, I’m terrible at programming. Even more unfortunately, I have to get through a semester of C++ programming if I want to continue in the “stopper of bad guys” program.
I really wish that this were one of those “Great news! Here’s a solution to a problem!” kind of posts, but it isn’t. Really, it’s just me venting. And just so you don’t think I’m venting for no reason, here’s a picture of an assignment I had to complete:
Would you like to know what this nifty little bit of crazy does? Well, I’ll tell you! It does this: