What motivates you to pursue a career in coding? Is it financial gain? Personal interest? Perhaps it's a passion for technology or the potential for career growth. Financial stability, versatility, and a collaborative work environment are all reasons that motivate people to pursue a career in coding.
What are your reasons for pursuing a career in coding? Share your thoughts and experiences in the comments below!
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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.
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!
Com certeza a possibilidade de encontrar emprego ao redor do mundo.
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.
Too old to retrain as a farmer
I found it interesting and saw it as a means to turn my ideas to what people can use and appreciate.
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.
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.
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