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Why I Love Being A Programmer
A Sincere Open Letter From a Software Engineer
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How it started
It all started when I did not know which course to enroll in and decided to do Computer Science. It was the course that many people my age were taking. It was also a recommendation from my brother.
The first year was terrible. I had no clue what I was doing in a Computer Science course. If you were like me who had never been exposed to code and you see it for the first time, you would think that it was something out of the Matrix.
I remember the first project assigned to us. It was about bank account management where you would simulate an ATM where people would see their balance, withdraw money, deposit money, etc.
Things that now seem pretty straightforward, but back then, using C to do the project was like a herculean task.
As expected, I failed C in the first semester. I mean, my solution to any problem I had in my code was to delete everything and try again. Debug? Sounded too complicated and a waste of time.
Show me your friends and I will show you your future.
Since I sucked at programming and most of my colleagues did as well and they seemed not to…
