DEV Community

Cover image for What is software to you? Day job, passion, hobby, career, something else?
Thomas C. Haflich
Thomas C. Haflich

Posted on

What is software to you? Day job, passion, hobby, career, something else?

Cover photo by Dylan Gillis on Unsplash

We all came to software from different places, and we're all going somewhere different, so I figure we all see it differently as well.

Tell me about how you relate to the field in general, if you would?

Top comments (3)

Collapse
 
tchaflich profile image
Thomas C. Haflich

For me personally, it's a job that I really enjoy. I am hoping to make a lifelong career of it, but it's not the only thing in my life; I need some time in the day to focus on other things, like my art (I recently rented a garage that I'm working on turning into a studio for the projects that won't fit into my apartment).

Collapse
 
dana94 profile image
Dana Ottaviani

It's my career, but also something I'm trying to work on more as a passion of mine too. In my first full-time position, I struggled to code in my free time. Now looking for a new job, I've worked on projects for my portfolio that interest me. I'm hoping to keep this up when I land a new job.

Collapse
 
fcfn profile image
Peter Timoshevsky

All of the above. When I'm not coding, I think about programming. It's an obsession.