Why do you code?
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Why do you code?
I saw the music you code to, the editor you use to code (BBEdit is the best for OS X), but I did a search and didn't see WHY you code? I guess there are only really two reasons, you like it, or you do it for a living...maybe both.
I personally started because I had a need, but since I liked programming with other things, I've decided to challenge myself and do more and more advanced things.
I think I just like the thinking involved. It's like solving a puzzle. Some things are real complex, but everything complex, is just made up of many simple things. I like trying to figure out how break the big things into the little things, and do it with as little codes as possible.
So, how about you?
I personally started because I had a need, but since I liked programming with other things, I've decided to challenge myself and do more and more advanced things.
I think I just like the thinking involved. It's like solving a puzzle. Some things are real complex, but everything complex, is just made up of many simple things. I like trying to figure out how break the big things into the little things, and do it with as little codes as possible.
So, how about you?
- feyd
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Hmmm.. programming came very naturally to me. I started programming at 5 when I got my first computer (IBM PC/Jr) and haven't really stopped since.. Once I got into high school, I swept through the "Computer Literacy" classes (a total joke in Dallas) and went straight into the higher level programming classes at the school. Since I was placed so high, I got to learn whatever I wanted. So C/C++ was the main diet for high school. I get into web programming/development/design/whatever on demand from a friend who needed some work done for her client (Nokia).
After that, my family moved to California where I started working for bigger fish at the start of the dotcom boom. Fast forward a couple years, and I quit my job at a dotcom and moved to Redmond, Washington, where I would attend DigiPen for a few years, then move over to Amaze Entertainment where I became a programmer.
Two years later, I left Amaze to pursue my education again. So I'm not back in California, trying to get into Berkley. I'm going for a double Masters: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
my programming life story. wee.
After that, my family moved to California where I started working for bigger fish at the start of the dotcom boom. Fast forward a couple years, and I quit my job at a dotcom and moved to Redmond, Washington, where I would attend DigiPen for a few years, then move over to Amaze Entertainment where I became a programmer.
Two years later, I left Amaze to pursue my education again. So I'm not back in California, trying to get into Berkley. I'm going for a double Masters: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
my programming life story. wee.
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malcolmboston
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im a latecomer to programming, started around 4-5 years ago (im 21 now) mainly to build web-sites as all the programming languages i know revolve around this (PHP, ASP, CFM etc etc).
The main reason i code is 1 because i enjoy it and 2 to hopefully be the next big thing.
One day i want to build the next site that is as revolutionary as ebay or amazon.
My dream is currently in motion
The main reason i code is 1 because i enjoy it and 2 to hopefully be the next big thing.
One day i want to build the next site that is as revolutionary as ebay or amazon.
My dream is currently in motion
Yeah I'm a late comer to, heh. I'm 18, and I just started learning PHP last year. Although technically I've only really been programming for like 4 months or so, as I never had a need for it until recently.malcolmboston wrote:im a latecomer to programming, started around 4-5 years ago (im 21 now) mainly to build web-sites as all the programming languages i know revolve around this (PHP, ASP, CFM etc etc).
The main reason i code is 1 because i enjoy it and 2 to hopefully be the next big thing.
One day i want to build the next site that is as revolutionary as ebay or amazon.
My dream is currently in motion
I actually "learned" PHP last summer, I read a PHP book while at the beach for a week, 600 miles away from my computer. Not recommended haha. It was easier for me to pick it up though because I already knew basic C++.
- evilmonkey
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Hmm, well, I started programming when I was 10 years old on MIcrosoft Quick Basic. I've been wanting to move to VB, but I never got around to it. Fast forward 3 years (I'm 13), I'm now doing full html, and I owned a site called http://www.vitalib.com. Nothing interesting there, just a site about me that I eventually took down due to lack of interest. When I was 15 and sick of HTML (after realizing that I can get front page et. al to generate for me), I decided to go into more serious programming and took a year long C and web design course, where I learned basic (and slightly advanced) C, Flash, and Dreamweaver. Next year, I got into PHP, and seemed like a cinch after C, really really easy.
As for why I program, I do it just for fun. I'm 17, and I don't have many better things to do. I do very well in school, and I'm usually bored out of my mind at home because I live in the suburbs and there's nothing to do. It's either programming or vandalism, and programming is just more appealing as it doesn't result in me having a permanent criminal record.
Just recently, I started doing projects out of which I hope to gain something ($$$), and make my name known. I want to go to university, and go to law school from there. Programming teaches the quick and critical thinking any good person needs to have to win an argument, so it's benificial there as well.
Yeah, tht's pretty much my programming life story, and it's continuing. Next year, I'm taking a C++ and Java course to get into some even more serious programming.
As for why I program, I do it just for fun. I'm 17, and I don't have many better things to do. I do very well in school, and I'm usually bored out of my mind at home because I live in the suburbs and there's nothing to do. It's either programming or vandalism, and programming is just more appealing as it doesn't result in me having a permanent criminal record.
Yeah, tht's pretty much my programming life story, and it's continuing. Next year, I'm taking a C++ and Java course to get into some even more serious programming.
Why? I guess it's a mixture of these reasons....

tim wrote:i code b/c I have no life and need something to help pass time
jason wrote:I code...well because I have to.
I mean, hell, my company depends on my ability to pump out code.
qads wrote:have to make a living out of something, might as well be something i enjoy .