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This might surprise you, but some us enjoy programming I was programming for free for years. Then I was programming for practically minimum wage for a few years. Now I'm programming for a nice salary. I get paid to wake up & do what I want
For me, it's about the journey, more than the destination, but I still like completing all my projects. Part of the joy, is watching my work being used (and, sometimes, abused) by others.
In the meantime, its fun making stuff and this is a growth industry where interesting things happen.
Developers in their 20s are definitely overpaid. Whether this will continue will be interesting to see. Currently I see so many people trained in other fields becoming developers I'm almost worried about the future of the economy. Social Media, online retail, advertising - just how many people really can work in these fields? So yeah I expect wages to crash in the next 10-20 years. I think most high earning young peo…
I don’t agree with developers being overpaid because the knowledge we need at a high level is ridiculous.
I do agree that there’s too much money in tech though.
Grab it whilst you can I guess.
Developers in their 20s are definitely overpaid. Whether this will continue will be interesting to see. Currently I see so many people trained in other fields becoming developers I'm almost worried about the future of the economy. Social Media, online retail, advertising - just how many people really can work in these fields? So yeah I expect wages to crash in the next 10-20 years. I think most high earning young peo…
Why?
It took me way too much time to realize that, whatever is to be done, career should be absolutely sacred . Please note that I'm choosing the word sacred as a language figure but without any exaggeration.
This might surprise you, but some us enjoy programming I was programming for free for years. Then I was programming for practically minimum wage for a few years. Now I'm programming for a nice salary. I get paid to wake up & do what I want
The project I'm working on now, would make a lot of Fortune 100 companies green with envy, and I'm doing it for free.
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You're gonna work on 2 only after 1?
for some parts of it, yes. I keep my body and emotional health in check and even do well for the most part, but I don't worry about my mental health all that much - I optimize for output with only modest regard for my mental health right now.
I just like making useful stuff that helps people, and is a joy to use. For me, it's about the journey, more than the destination, but I still like completing all my projects. Part of the joy, is watching my work being used (and, sometimes, ab used) by others.
It’s difficult to do this when there’s belly’s to fill.
No end goal - just want to work on things I enjoy working on and make as much money as possible while doing it. It's kind of a strange question - which careers have end goals anyway? > We make so much money very early in our careers I'm very far from making a lot of money so it's not a problem at all.
So what’s the point? You want to work forever? There’s no goal to retire early and just enjoy life or start your own company? > I’m very far from making a lot of money The software engineering career is a ridiculously “fast paced”. career. 5 years experience in programming is the equivalent to 20+ years in another industry. There’s very few industries where you can make a 200k+ salary in your 20s.