I'm a self taught coder, so the main motivation for me has always been my ideas and projects. I only started programming because I had an idea, it didn't exist, and I wanted it to. I'm making an app to help me learn more about myself, so the coding is highly personal and its easy to stay focused. I don't know if I'd enjoy it as much if I was coding for someone else, but just the power it gives you to make digital backed ideas come to life is incredibly rewarding in itself.
I'm a self taught coder, so the main motivation for me has always been my ideas and projects. I only started programming because I had an idea, it didn't exist, and I wanted it to. I'm making an app to help me learn more about myself, so the coding is highly personal and its easy to stay focused. I don't know if I'd enjoy it as much if I was coding for someone else, but just the power it gives you to make digital backed ideas come to life is incredibly rewarding in itself.
Cool! How does coding help you learn more about yourself? Is it the process? Or the thing you create?
I'd say it's more what I'm making, but I think the process has definitely expanded my definition of what I'm capable of.