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Recently: To pay the bills.
Do you still enjoy it? The reason I ask is that I go through slumps where I just don't have any creative juice left for a while.
I mostly code so I can save time doing things at work. I work in IT and am able to save many man hours by automating tasks. This makes me much more productive and valuable than other members of my team that don't have these skills. I'm really surprised by the lack of coding by IT people in general. At least the people I know.
Work smarter, not harder. That's how to keep a job :)
To me, programming is like magic. It's that aha moment that you can induce in people (and yourself), that leaves them baffled and amazed (the sanskrit word for this is ascarya, wonderment).
Unfortunately, computer programs share two unfortunate aspects of magic:
(1) The trick, once repeated, rarely evokes the same reaction in the audience.[0]
(2) The implementation details are often mundane and boring (to laymen) when compared to the effect produced.
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Do you still enjoy it? The reason I ask is that I go through slumps where I just don't have any creative juice left for a while.
Not really. I haven't worked on anything especially challenging lately. There is only so much enjoyment that can be gained from tweaking a CSS file here or there for 8 hours a day. By the time I get home I have no desire to work on anything else.
I had previously tried to learn to program and hadn't really gotten anywhere (attention span and lack of determination), so I was already interested. But without the external impetus, I have no idea if I would have ever started.
Now, it's because I'm fascinated by the process (and also because I need to be paid...).
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Not really. I haven't worked on anything especially challenging lately. There is only so much enjoyment that can be gained from tweaking a CSS file here or there for 8 hours a day. By the time I get home I have no desire to work on anything else.
I used to work in a place just like that. Soul sucking. I feel for ya, man.