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I'm 34 years old and have been programming since I was 14. I loved it from day one. I still love it. Even after tens of thousands of hours, two CS degrees, and

by rietta 10y ago

I'm 34 years old and have been programming since I was 14. I loved it from day one. I still love it. Even after tens of thousands of hours, two CS degrees, and hundreds of projects, I still am still amazed that I get to get up every day, go to my office in the basement, and can literally type into existence complex systems. I love it. I love the problem solving and making stuff work. I get frustrated with people from time to time, but on balance I want to continue to be a programmer as long as I live.

christophilus 10y ago
I'm with you 100%, just 2 years older. It's fun, and it's a huge privilege, especially when you take the historical view of human work. I don't want to move up a management ladder. I want to program until I retire.
kzisme 10y ago
I'm the exact same way I'm still very new in my career - I often hear co-workers say "The last thing I want to see/do when I go home is a computer" I'm the exact opposite of that. I work full time as a programmer - go home - do more things on the computer or work on tech related things. Maybe since I'm younger I feel this way, but I ~really~ don't think like my mind will change.
- travv0 10y ago
  I'm the same way. I wouldn't want to go home and do what I do at work, but I love programming things that I choose to program.
  - spynxic 10y ago
    "I wouldn't want to go home and do what I do at work, but I love programming things that I choose to program." This statement here is what has kept me a good distance away from developer positions. I love to come up with programs, study them generally, and even /potentially/ develop a new branch of mathematics with which to frame my ideas BUT I can't bring myself to write code for cash (unless the program is something I came up with personally and just happens to be worth something to someone else.. but even then I dislike the added stress of selling a hobby project). tl;dr: I like to program BUT my consideration of having fun doesn't involve production-ready code. (In fact, I'm not sure what would make code production-ready [cleansing user inputs(?)], so perhaps it already is.)
kylec 10y ago
I love the part where I type complex systems into existence. The part where I have to figure out the complex systems other people have typed into existence, not so much.

by rietta 10y ago

christophilus 10y ago

I'm with you 100%, just 2 years older. It's fun, and it's a huge privilege, especially when you take the historical view of human work. I don't want to move up a management ladder. I want to program until I retire.

kzisme 10y ago

I'm the exact same way I'm still very new in my career - I often hear co-workers say "The last thing I want to see/do when I go home is a computer" I'm the exact opposite of that. I work full time as a programmer - go home - do more things on the computer or work on tech related things. Maybe since I'm younger I feel this way, but I ~really~ don't think like my mind will change.

travv0 10y ago
I'm the same way. I wouldn't want to go home and do what I do at work, but I love programming things that I choose to program.
- spynxic 10y ago
  "I wouldn't want to go home and do what I do at work, but I love programming things that I choose to program." This statement here is what has kept me a good distance away from developer positions. I love to come up with programs, study them generally, and even /potentially/ develop a new branch of mathematics with which to frame my ideas BUT I can't bring myself to write code for cash (unless the program is something I came up with personally and just happens to be worth something to someone else.. but even then I dislike the added stress of selling a hobby project). tl;dr: I like to program BUT my consideration of having fun doesn't involve production-ready code. (In fact, I'm not sure what would make code production-ready [cleansing user inputs(?)], so perhaps it already is.)

kylec 10y ago

I love the part where I type complex systems into existence. The part where I have to figure out the complex systems other people have typed into existence, not so much.