> What made you think that? It sounds like you might have some self esteem issues that should be addressed. Not really an esteem issue (though the current situ

> What made you think that? It sounds like you might have some self esteem issues that should be addressed. Not really an esteem issue (though the current situation doesn’t help that), but as a hobbyist there was an appeal to the creative freedom, that would be lacking in a professional environment. I didn’t initially plan to go into programming professionally, at least not when/how I did, but my initial plans fell through and I figured my best option was to make use of that skill, in a time when it was easier to enter the field. Now it’s just hard to tell if I made it in because of the hype surrounding the field in the 2010s or because I was competent enough to.