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> I'm yet to meet a great coder who wouldn't enjoy coding. Maybe great coders like it so much because they are good at it. It would be reasonable from an evolu
by Lxr 10y ago
> I'm yet to meet a great coder who wouldn't enjoy coding.
Maybe great coders like it so much because they are good at it. It would be reasonable from an evolutionary point of view to focus on what we are better than others at. At university I have seen people get into a field on the basis of an unexpected excellent grade and conclude they love it, and reject whole fields as stupid and uninteresting after failing - where the directly of causality is clearly result first and love/hate second.
- bencollier49 10y agoDoing something well releases dopamine - isn't that why doing something that you're good at is recommended as being good for mental health and to relieve stress?
- xyzzy4 10y agoI've thought I was good at coding since middle school. Of course my code actually sucked back then, but at the time I thought I was really good. So I kept doing it on and off throughout my life.
- chias 10y ago> Maybe great coders like it so much because they are good at it. I think there's more to it than that. When I first started writing code it was pretty clear that I was not very good at it (at the time), but absolutely loved it anyway. Man, the rush of power when you realize you can get the computer to obey you... that's what got me hooked.