Commentary English

Text 1 is a written article that details a writer, Peter Welch, who shares his experience with
his job in programming, and his personal opinions towards the job. The article is a
contemporary text, written in a time where society is under a constant shift towards a more
technology-orientated world, where jobs such as programming are becoming increasingly
valuable, and popular. The audience for Text 1 are Australian, young, educated individuals
who may possibly have an interest in a programming job, or simply have an interest in
technology. The primary purpose for Text 1 is to persuade individuals about the hardships of
coding, and while there may be premade assumptions regarding the simplicity of a
programming truth, the author is aiming to debunk these assumptions. The secondary
purpose of this text is to comment on society’s strong dependence on the highly
technology-driven world we live in today.

Understanding this text as a contemporary text is made clear from the date at which this
piece was written; 2014. The time at which this article is written is where society has a great
dependency on technology as means of communication and information. This is made
evident by this article by the “Share” and “Tweet” icons in the top right corner of this page,
encouraging the audience of the text to share around this article, also the fact that this
article is using technology as a means to transfer information.

The audience of Text 1 are Australian, young, educated individuals who may possibly have
an interest in a programming job, or simply have an interest in technology. This is made
evident from the nature of this article, titled; “Coding Sucks: Why A Job in Programming is
Absolute Hell”, alluring to an audience which has an interest in programming and
technology. Furthermore, the nature of this website, where other subsections found at the
top include: “Car Tech”, “Computing” and “Online” suggest that the audience for this text
have an inherent interest in technology. Understanding the audience as young and
educated can be made evident from the writing style of this text, which uses a strong sense
of sarcasm and complex humour throughout it, indicating a more educated audience. For
example, the first image indicated in this text features a witty and sarcastic joke, which
would not only allude to a technologic-induced audience but also an educated one.

The primary purpose of this text is to persuade individuals about the opinions the author
has to the topic of programming.