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Most of us will not make millionaires by programming, sure, but I would still consider it a lucrative profession: You can enter it without any education other
by Nervetattoo 17y ago
Most of us will not make millionaires by programming, sure, but I would still consider it a lucrative profession:
You can enter it without any education other than self thought much easier than most professions, that more formally requires some degree.
It can potentially offer a great deal of freedom compared to a lot of other professions. Freedom as in most programmers doesn't really need to have 8-4pm office hours, it's possible to do quite a lot of your work even while on the road.
The pay might not be sufficient for getting rich instantly, but certainly enough to live a good life.
However, the fact that you have to spend so much time researching in you spare time to keep up isn't always reflected in the pay.
- invisible 17y agoI agree on the spare time facet, but I feel my life is improved beyond professionally by such research. I pick up economic, psychological, and scientific knowledge that I don't think many get exposed to for an extended period of time. As an aside, the educational portion really is the way things should be in society - you prove yourself for a job rather than buying a degree. Edit: CS is lucrative at the high levels and the average of 60k can be plenty to transition to being an entrepreneur.