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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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!
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linkedin.com/in/etienneburdet/
here you go !
Why does no one ever ask for any ov my account info. :(
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.
A bit of everything
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
As I said in Hobbyist Coders: Why Do You Code?, gamedev and problem solving are my motivations. It's just fun.
If I switched from design to dev today, it would be because I can have more of a direct impact on shipped interactions.
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.
I found it interesting and saw it as a means to turn my ideas to what people can use and appreciate.
Too old to retrain as a farmer
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.