Programming described accurately

The human brain isn’t particularly good at basic logic and now there’s a whole career in doing nothing but really, really complex logic

You immerse yourself in a world of total meaninglessness where all that matters is a little series of numbers bent into a giant labyrinth of symbols and a different series of numbers or a picture of a kitten came out the other end.

Source: Programming Sucks, an essay on the amazing Still Drinking website by Peter Welch.