Often they'll aim for video games or something like that
but I often warn them that it might not be nearly as cool
as they imagine. You're more likely to end up scripting
crappy menu systems than being the next Carmack.
I enjoy lots of different areas of it [programming]...
I'm taking a great deal of enjoyment writing device
drivers for Linux. I could also be having a good time
writing a database manager or something because there
are always interesting problems.And I recently had mindblowing moment when I realized that Civilization VI is heavily SQL based. I didn’t have time to dive into it but the Graphical UI is basically an interface to visualize and update a database.
Seems afterwards quite logical and clever considering the turn based gameplay.
It's often a conversation I have with people looking to get into software development. Often they'll aim for video games or something like that but I often warn them that it might not be nearly as cool as they imagine. You're more likely to end up scripting crappy menu systems than being the next Carmack.
On the other hand some of the most interesting pieces of software I've written were for very unsexy industrial applications. And I actually have good working conditions unlike people working in the videogame industry apparently.