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Why do you code?

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 11:41 am
by ast3r3x
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?

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 11:45 am
by AngusL
I was 7, I was bored, I coded, I liked. I still code. My story. In short. Non-sentences.

I like it as it's a challenge, behaves according to strict rules, with only the occasional problem, can be controlled and is a code. :)

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 11:52 am
by ast3r3x
AngusL wrote:I was 7, I was bored, I coded, I liked. I still code. My story. In short. Non-sentences.
I'm not the best teacher, but I think I'd have trouble explaining multi demential arrays to a 7 year old ;)

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 11:54 am
by AngusL
Well, okay, perhaps HTML and VB don't really count but..... :P

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 12:00 pm
by feyd
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. :)

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 12:05 pm
by voltrader
Go Bears

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 12:37 pm
by malcolmboston
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 :wink:

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 1:09 pm
by ast3r3x
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 :wink:
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.

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++.

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 1:15 pm
by Joe
I like programming as it gives me a larger insight into internet security which im planning to do later in life. For now im just a student, heh!. I have only done php for a while now, however I have a solid knowledge on C++ programming both win32 and console.

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 4:14 pm
by evilmonkey
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. :P 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.

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 4:23 pm
by tim
i code b/c I have no life and need something to help pass time

:wink:

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 4:33 pm
by Deemo
tim wrote:i code b/c I have no life and need something to help pass time

:wink:
amen

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 5:24 pm
by jason
I code...well because I have to.

I mean, hell, my company depends on my ability to pump out code.

Which reminds me...my "Todo Today" list is not yet empty.


:)

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 5:33 pm
by qads
have to make a living out of something, might as well be something i enjoy :).

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 7:24 pm
by m3mn0n
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

:wink:
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 . :)
:lol: