Re:Don’t Pursue Programming if You Aren’t Passionate About It
by nunez on Friday February 10, 2017 @11:36AM
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Yeah, no.
I strongly hate this idea that programming is for passionate people only. I interpret this as "You want to find a job that will improve your living conditions significantly if you're willing to put the work in? Fuck you; stick to the coffee bar."
I encourage everyone who is interested in learning how to program and wants to make a lot of money to take this field up. Why? Because at the end of the day, programming is a device whose input is business needs and output is something that makes that business money. Maybe. Better programming saves money and makes those money-making machines cheaper to repair and fix, but if it still makes money, then it still makes money.
If they learn to become good at this stuff, then why shouldn't they take advantage of an amazing salary and usually fantastic working and learning conditions?
BTW: there are plenty of great doctors and lawyers who are in it for the cash. Why? As it so happens, getting better at one's field leads to better chances at making more money. So you get better.
I strongly hate this idea that programming is for passionate people only. I interpret this as "You want to find a job that will improve your living conditions significantly if you're willing to put the work in? Fuck you; stick to the coffee bar."
I encourage everyone who is interested in learning how to program and wants to make a lot of money to take this field up. Why? Because at the end of the day, programming is a device whose input is business needs and output is something that makes that business money. Maybe. Better programming saves money and makes those money-making machines cheaper to repair and fix, but if it still makes money, then it still makes money.
If they learn to become good at this stuff, then why shouldn't they take advantage of an amazing salary and usually fantastic working and learning conditions?
BTW: there are plenty of great doctors and lawyers who are in it for the cash. Why? As it so happens, getting better at one's field leads to better chances at making more money. So you get better.