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Ask HN: Is there any psychological test for choosing programming domain?

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Re: Ask HN: Is there any psychological test for choosing programming domain?

#2
Courage.

Try things. I have done web dev (front and backend), low-level OS stuff, game dev, math simulations, teaching, VLSI, etc...

In the end, looks like teaching and game development is what stuck. Took me years to discover this, but I'm happy with it.

If something does not appeal to you after trying it? Don't do it, go and do something else.

Be your own test.

Re: Ask HN: Is there any psychological test for choosing programming domain?

#3

Courage. Try things. I have done web dev (front and backend), low-level OS stuff, game dev, math simulations, teaching, VLSI, etc... In the end, looks like teaching and game development is what stuck. Took me years to discover this, but I'm happy with it. If something does not appeal to you after trying it? Don't do it, go and do something else. Be your own test.

I'll try your method to find interesting domain.

Thanks a lot for the feedback, remy_luisant.

Re: Ask HN: Is there any psychological test for choosing programming domain?

#4
i believe you should just do it to know it! in some companies they let their developers to be cross functional (in my case it was working on http://sanjagh.pro which is about local services). but i believe you can do it as side project as well. just try to define a project (no matter how useful it can be) and try to develop every part (backend, front, devops, security etc) of it yourself. i pretty sure you eventually find out which part makes you feel alive... enjoy ;)