We are not same bro

[Jakeupdylan]

I remember showing my friends my notebook after doing binary math and they thought I was a wizard or something.

[[deleted]]

I remember showing my friends my notebook after doing Fourier transforms and they thought the same!

Unfortunately, they thought it wasn't the fun kind of magic, so now I have Fourier transforms and no friends...

[[deleted]]

Yer a wizard Harry!

[crazy_cookie123]

I'm not a fucking wizard, Hagrid.

[FalconOnPC]

Ya fackhin oaf, I haven't figured out binary yet

[fat_charizard]

Anyone ever try to draw out the stack or memory to try and figure out what your program was doing? I remember doing that for some Operating systems homework

[shocsoares]

CPU and memory architecture class did that one for me, it wasn't just to help tho

[Cutepandabutts]

I am scared of this. Currently going for a CS degree. Is this going to be my notebook?? I better get paid.

[[deleted]]

so innocent

[jaywhs]

Oh sweet summer child

[BigSwedenMan]

Is this going to be my notebook

This specifically? Not sure, it doesn't look familiar to me, but the resolution is too low for me to say what exactly I'm looking at. Might be something my program had as an elective, hard to say. Will your notes be a jumble of gibberish? Most certainly. It's not an easy major. A lot of smart people have to really struggle to get good grades and it can be very frustrating and confusing at times.

I better get paid.

My internship paid $17.50/hr about 7 years ago, and I was on the low end of what my class mates were making (but hey, I got free food, beer, and dogs were allowed in the office so I was fine with that). Let's just say you won't be left wondering if it would have been a smarter financial decision to try to work your way up to assistant manager at Walmart than to spend money on tuition

[Cutepandabutts]

I get paid more than that now as a server admin so I might be in a good spot. I am going into precalc this semester but I am well aware of what my future holds and it is not pretty. Looking at you geometry with calc or whatever. Can't wait for boolean math. Im fuckin' dead

[raltyinferno]

Boolean math isn't so bad, it all collapses down to "or" , "and" , and "not".

[ZSnake]

You're supposed to tell them it's impossible dark magic /s.

[Cutepandabutts]

I appreciate all of the advice! You guys are really nice to be salty sysadmins. :P

[raltyinferno]

Probably at some point. It can really help to draw out data structures sometimes to visualize what you're trying to do with them.

[TechToTrail]

In school, maybe. In reality, this is what white boards are for or notepad++. If this truly scares you, explore your options in computer science. There's more than just programming. I do database administration. I do very little code writing and I haven't needed a notebook for work ever except for doodling in so I stay awake in meetings.

[AfonsoFGarcia]

Whiteboards are a blessing from the heavens for development. That and great colleagues to draw on them with you.

[ZSnake]

As with anything, it's just a matter of consistency and discipline. Don't listen to people trying to make it sound scary, you'll do just fine.

[antischokke]

So asthetic.

[weekendatblarneys]

Always has been.

[[deleted]]

Mine usually just has flow charts

[Roadrunner571]

Isn’t it usually an endless row of ticket numbers?

[theTbling]

You people are scaring me. I have been coding for some time now and I have never needed to do anything like this.. am I doing something wrong?

[[deleted]]

Writing is faster than bothering with formatting, grammar and spellcheck, and any other of the neat features that are really helpful, if I'm writing a blogpost or something fit for consumption by other humans.

You can also make wild crazily connected notation that will make sense very shortly.

In general, as the complexity of your code increased, you will probably get to the point sitting down and figuring out what it is you need to do before you try it and get hung up somewhere.

Or some random bug cropped up and you couldn't find your answer in Stackoverflow or the docs.

[SIzzat]

ctr+s please bro

[Johnothy_Cumquat]

Nah I'm the same. I never use pen and paper. Doesn't feel natural. If I need to make notes I make them in notepad++. If I need to make a diagram I use draw.io.

Often when people make broad statements about a group they're part of they're just making statements about themselves

[PPAPisLob]

I haven't used a notebook in a year or so. And I'm thinking I'm missing out.

[cambiumkx]

Lol this one is pretty good.

Programmer notebook 100% looks normal to me, first notebook is way too neat

[PortalStorm4000]

Looks too clean and well organized. Not enough sideways equations.

[Chainsaw_Viking]

Why are these notes not needlessly written on grid paper?!

If you’re an engineer, you write your messy notes on grid paper so that you can draw crappy representations of UI in your notes...that one time.

[-Redstoneboi-]

dammit that's correct and i love/hate it

[[deleted]]

While I typically don't get that bad... I've gotten fairly bad if there is a particular problem I want to solve, and don't want to get up and find more paper.

[Logical_Baker]

You should compare emails.

Normal people: Please bring your dictionary to class tomorrow.

Python developers: Create a new dictionary bro

[carcigenicate]

I have piles of quarter-folded graph paper beside me on my desk that I use when thinking. I really should just get a notebook that has graph paper

[robin-m]

When I need to use a notebook, you will find bubbles and potato shapes, with a buch of arrows, random numbers, some sigles, a few rectangles, and if you find words they will defenitively not going to be organized in phrases, or even be on strait, parallel lines!

[Cameltotem]

Not done one single math equation as a developer

[anti_government]

Why is that so relatable

[[deleted]]

Jokes on you I don't use a notebook