I don’t agree! When I started programming, I was just copying BASIC code samples out of COMPUTE! magazine and it was a blast. Just the act of typing in the prog

I don’t agree! When I started programming, I was just copying BASIC code samples out of COMPUTE! magazine and it was a blast. Just the act of typing in the program, hitting run, and having it come to life was all I needed to have fun. I know a lot of productive engineers that just build miniature models of things like cars, helicopters, and trains in their spare time. They do not need to reinvent the wheel to be intellectually stimulated. What makes people miserable is the incessant drum of you are meaningless in life if you are not a creative savant.