Ask HN: Do others find Android work a bore compared to Web and/or C coding?

2 points by chrisdew 12y ago ↗ HN

I'm very lucky to work with many different technologies.

These include:

* Web UIs (AngularJS/NodeJS)

* C, including embedded and protocol implementations

* Android Apps

I'm concerned that I don't enjoy my Android work, whereas I love Web and C work. Is this a common case? Are Android Apps really drudgery compared with Web and/or C coding? Or is it just my personal taste?

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csgavino1 12y ago ↗

Grass is always greener on the other side.

chrisdew 12y ago ↗

I'm doing all three types of dev work, so there isn't an 'other side'.

madhouse 12y ago ↗

Coding in C is, in my experience, a terrible, terrible thing. There are part of it that are interesting, for a while, but every time I have to touch C, I get frustrated, because I have to run long laps to get anything meaningful done in a sane way.

I can't imagine how android app coding would be worse, but arguably, I haven't tried.

6thSigma 12y ago ↗

It's just your personal taste.

[deleted] 12y ago ↗

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lsiebert 12y ago ↗

The C standard library is small enough to memorize. Web Development likewise. Android combines xml design with java, so it's a lot of writing, and a huge set of libraries. Plus design for different screen sizes, versions... I can understand being annoyed..