Thank you very much for this thoughtful reply. I can very much relate to enjoying programming; it's a hobby. It would be nice if everyone could make a living of

Thank you very much for this thoughtful reply. I can very much relate to enjoying programming; it's a hobby. It would be nice if everyone could make a living off of their hobby like I do (guitar playing, for example), but I'll be content with my lot on this. Seems like I could break your "tip" down into "write a lot of code" with an honorable mention to "coding standards help".