What Motivates You to Pursue A Career in Coding?

I started out of need: I needed to code apps for solar maps, for counting people, for schedules etc.

I keep going everyday because it suits me well: at school I've always been the math/code type. I just have fun doing these kind of problem solving. My brain kinda thinks about it by itself, zero effort required 😅

And bigger picture, I see a long term path for myself there, because I truly believe the web is an extremly powerful tool for democracy. From niche community, to independant reporting, from data to just fun… we can do lots of good stuff super cheaply thanks to good apps!

For me it was finally finding a subject I found interesting and could get excited about. I didn't know what I wanted to major in college until I took a computer science class. Even though it wasn't my greatest aptitude, I really enjoyed solving the problems that we faced.
Now, I love problem solving and making products that really make a positive impact on people. Working with a team and helping each person feel fulfilled, and in turn generating something that helps the users life is really an amazing job.

The desire to solve problems pushed me to coding.
I love a challenge and me being able to solve it (no matter how long it takes) gives me the satisfaction I need.
Coding is really fun, like very fun.... and more so, I really do not know howda do any other Job except it involves using a PC.

Web development reminds me of a game called "Little Big Planet" for creating worlds and submitting them to the community online to play in the world you created. At first I was freaking out on making it a career, but I decided to learn as a hobby and really feel like I can spread my wings and have fun with coding.

I started as a young age (8 years old), learning Extended BASIC on a TRS-80 Color Computer. I liked writing lines of code and see what it can do on that computer. I'm now a senior web application developer.

I can say that I never knew that I would end up pursuing a career in coding until I started working in QA for a software company. I realized that problem solving and creation of something was an interest I found myself having!

I still find myself at the beginning of my journey but the relation of what I do to this new journey of coding is significantly aligned with one another so I have structure that I can work alongside instead of diving in BRAND NEW.

I find that career growth is also a big part of this. I want to grow not only in an SDET role but also in the ability to use my understanding of code and development to assist in leadership roles and providing individuals the resources and help they need to grow themselves as well!

The promise ov being discovered, seen, marveled.
The promise ov making something interesting and having someone like it.
The promise ov feeling good when you fix that bug that's been eluding you for a while.
The promise ov making something ov your time.

Too old to retrain as a farmer

Com certeza a possibilidade de encontrar emprego ao redor do mundo.

It's like solving puzzels, learning new things is always cool and exiting.
And as a bonus I get payed really well 😜

Never actively pursued it as a career. Self taught from age 7 in 1983. Eventually just thought it was great that people would pay me for something I enjoy so much

I found it interesting and saw it as a means to turn my ideas to what people can use and appreciate.

If I switched from design to dev today, it would be because I can have more of a direct impact on shipped interactions.

As I said in Hobbyist Coders: Why Do You Code?, gamedev and problem solving are my motivations. It's just fun.

A bit of everything