Why Become A Computer Programmer - What Is Your Story?

Question

I would like to hear from you. Tell me, why did you become a computer programmer? And if you are not, why do you want to be a programmer? tell me what you like about it

Answer 1

Hola 7!

Like a doctor I'd love to save the world and make life easier, that is why I'm studying programming and all these computer stuff.

We are the reason you watch porn, download illegal files, chat with stranger and get fat from lack of exercise. That is an easy life style... We make you go to LAN parties and eat junk food because you never find time to go out and eat anything descent

We make you to hate books and rely on the unreliable Internet...

We make you think you're an ultimate gamer all for the love of money...


NOW... that right there is why I want to become a programmer

(Life wouldn't be any easier)
Cheers.

Answer 2

I enjoy the problem-solving, always learning and being "the expert." It is also about building interesting systems that work but w/o getting your hands dirty and w/o wasting expensive materials (1s,0s). As a heads-down programmer, I like the often solitary work mode with relatively little contact with others. I know some people find programming very boring, probably because of the attention to detail required and relative lack of interaction with others. I enjoy the process more than the end result. I have said that my job is like playing with truck loads of Lego(R) in a domed stadium, except the at the end of the day, some one wants to pay me for having done so. The money is not bad, either.

Answer 3

For me, it was something I was good at and my personality lend itself to long hours with time seeming to stop. You kinda lose track of subjective time while programming. If you like solving problems or if you like to try different approaches to problem solving, this is the "sport" for you. ASM and C++ and a little Visual Basic

I used to bust games, just to say I could. It was me against them, them winning often but as I got better, I'd win. Never gave it away because as a programmer I felt I didn't want someone spoiling it for me. So I kept those cracks to myself. But I knew I'd done it. Only one time I sent a cracked program back to them with what I'd done and told them to be more careful. because the crack was easy to do and I felt bad for them for being so stupid.

Now-a-days, the programmers have gotten better and Microsoft helps by not putting things in the languages that they used to do. It makes it harder to put Nulls in critical jumps or hardwire result routines to be true. Of course, just knowing you can easily do it takes away all the fun.

Answer 4

A computer never, ever, makes a mistake. To well and
truly ba*** things up, it takes a programmer!

Many a true word spoken in jest.

Personally, I think I'd rather be a tree ( organic )...

Answer 5

I was offered a scholarship in advanced math. I chose, instead, to major in English. I became a technical writer. Dissatisfied with the way software worked, I decided to change it. I began to change it even at the OS level. Hence I am a programmer.

Answer 6

Above all things I consider myself an Engineer, and the ability to program a computing device just happens to be one of my best tools to solve problems.

I originally started programming because I wanted to make my own game. Later my reason changed because I wanted to understand the logic of the computer at its most basic level. Now that I have acquired that knowledge I just want to leave my mark to society. I would like that my work makes people's life easier, and in the near future I will like to help solve some of the problems facing our advancing civilization; for example, Artificial Intelligence, Space Travel, Weather prediction, Artificial limbs that can detect touch and send signals to the brain, etc.

There you have it, that's my story.

Answer 7

Mainly because I was a helicopter mechanic for 15 years, and pecking at a keyboard is a HELLUVA lot easier than hoarking 200 pound main rotor hubs.

Answer 8

I loved being on the computer and this turned my natural learning ability towards computer into a career.

Good pay as well.

Work inside.

Answer 9

I wrote my first program when I was 12 and I've been hooked ever since. Every project, every program, every interface, every class is a challenge to build something better. I push myself to design and develop better systems.

Answer 10

Its a fun job and it makes alot of money,and is also the future of the world.