I am certainly not an "artsy/tech hybrid" as ohiblaher defined it. I do not have an "artistic" bone in my body. I can draw.. a cube. A tree? Way beyond me.
But I do feel some that programming, the interesting parts, feel like art/creation. Whether it can be reused, or shown off, matters not: the act of creation is what (to me) causes inner joy.
But I cannot answer as a "programmer in general, not just a hacker", as I cannot fathom the former without the latter. It's a way of life. There are definitely programmers who do not particularly care about their output, but that sort of thing is true in most occupations... and such people are not great data points...
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But I do feel some that programming, the interesting parts, feel like art/creation. Whether it can be reused, or shown off, matters not: the act of creation is what (to me) causes inner joy.
But I cannot answer as a "programmer in general, not just a hacker", as I cannot fathom the former without the latter. It's a way of life. There are definitely programmers who do not particularly care about their output, but that sort of thing is true in most occupations... and such people are not great data points...