"All the components of what a programmer does for a living are represented here."
I think this only captures a part of what programmers do for a living and I think it's the easier and often more boring part: writing out the modules once you know what the modules are. Granted, while you're doing this, you might come across some interesting challenges, but the most exciting part of being a programmer (at least to me) is when you have some broad goal in the distance and no idea how to get there.
A more fitting parallel would be getting a big pile or random things and being asked to use it to produce a liquid that wakes you up inside some kind of receptacle with extra credit for improved taste.
I think this only captures a part of what programmers do for a living and I think it's the easier and often more boring part: writing out the modules once you know what the modules are. Granted, while you're doing this, you might come across some interesting challenges, but the most exciting part of being a programmer (at least to me) is when you have some broad goal in the distance and no idea how to get there.
A more fitting parallel would be getting a big pile or random things and being asked to use it to produce a liquid that wakes you up inside some kind of receptacle with extra credit for improved taste.