absolutely brilliant. this article hits the nail strait on the head. i initially started learning how to problem solve when i started dabbling with my first c

absolutely brilliant. this article hits the nail strait on the head. i initially started learning how to problem solve when i started dabbling with my first computer. living in saudi arabia created an isolated environment. access to information, especially game related was hard to come by. the only thing left was to hack away any way possible to achieve the desired results, which was mostly beating the game. thank you sierra and lucas arts for all the adventure games. i literally played all the games and beat them all without cheating, must have spent literally 1000s of hours playing and teaching myself. i learned how to hack and problem solve because it peaked my curiosity, it was just all a game to me. now coding and problem solving come quite naturally. it really all comes down to constant and correct intervals of dopamine release. just like any sport, entering the dopamine "flow" is what keeps me programming. time disappears, its me and the problem, fencing back and forth, just enough challenge to prevent frustration to prevent boredom. if you program and don't experience this... i don't know why anyone would want to program if they didn't truthfully.