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Years ago I started coding qbasic with a photocopy of a book given to me by a friend of the family. I progressed from there to medicore competency in PHP, rail
by votingprawn 10y ago
Years ago I started coding qbasic with a photocopy of a book given to me by a friend of the family.
I progressed from there to medicore competency in PHP, rails, and c++. Then I went to university to study comp Sci...but almost immediately switched to aerospace engineering, and my coding skills plateaued.
By that I mean I can write basic stuff in all sorts of languages, but I'm miles away from writing a compete program or anything user friendly. Most of my code these days revolves around automating various things in the most sensible language. Where sensible often means something the next non-coding engineer to come along can understand.
I guess I stopped because I knew enough to do what I currently need to do. I'm content that, given time, I could learn to be a better coder. But at the same time I avoid jobs in my industry that are suited to decent coders because I know there are more suitable people for the role.
Every so often try to pick up some "hobby coding" but find that I don't really enjoy it like I did as a teenager.