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What inspired you to pursue a career or hobby in programming? (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by mac@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

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[–] autokludge@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I was apparently enraptured by PCs as a child, didn't really do much apart from games / emulators until secondary school. At ~14 I was offered an extracurricular class to learn how to program TI-82 calculators. This really clicked for me, ended up pursuing a heavy math / comp sci / stem curriculum. I get to automate away tedious / boring tasks by working on a mentally stimulating puzzle. The rush on getting it working the first time is 👌

[–] 314xel@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The rush on getting it working the first time is 👌

That's so true, but what I think keeps us hooked in the game are the failures, the figuring out the "why"s.

[–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I do test automation, getting a particularly difficult test scenario working in automation is 🤌