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It took me almost 20 years of hardcore programming to realize it wasn't the programming that was interesting to me. I didn't give a whit about new languages and
by saddino 13y ago
It took me almost 20 years of hardcore programming to realize it wasn't the programming that was interesting to me. I didn't give a whit about new languages and frameworks and new design patterns. What I cared about was the creation of something from nothing. What I cared about was the ability to conceptualize and immediately materialize: ideas leading to moving digits on a keyboard leading to product.
Starting my own company, releasing my own software, interacting with my own users and reveling in their praises or reeling back from their complaints: that's software brought to life and that's what keeps me going.
Programming is just the canvas for getting my ideas out in the real world in the hands of real people.
- beeffective 13y agoExactly this, except I've only been developing for 8 years and don't have my own company. I find myself getting into new hobbies because of the actual creation. I've built my own redwood planter boxes for tomato plants this week and it's my first year planting tomatoes. I have 8 plants and I'm obsessed. Golf is similar, but instead of creation, it's about troubleshooting what I did wrong and fixing it. My handicap has dropped from 18 to 13 and that's before buying new wedges (I've only used sand and pitching if any of you are golfers). My self-taught mentality is holding me back from going out and getting a golf lesson, much like how I teach myself new frameworks.