Predestined
No matter how much I do other things, no matter how busy I am or what I'm doing, I am drawn to computer programming. There is something beautiful in the algorithms, in the code. It's more than that though; I get a sense of deep satisfaction from coding. A sense that this is where I'm meant to be.
I cannot escape the feelings, and the desire is always there in the back of my head. It has always been there, for as ling as I know. As far as I can remember, I was programming since halfway through primary school. It's a fascination with the creation of worlds, with the solving of problems and the discovery of beauty in systems.
It's strange that I have this strong desire - I know others like me, drawn to the code, but there's nothing else like it in all the world. People do not have a yawning chasm of desire for office work, or for maths (although exercising the brain can be enjoyable), or for construction work. These things may be enjoyable to people, but given free time and money, would these people still pursue their jobs?
It's not that I love the code (although I do), it's simply that I cannot help but code. There is nothing I can do to satisfy the restlessness within me but code. There isn't much on this Earth so satisfying to me as merely coding. Accomplishment does not hold anywhere near so much joy as doing the work, seeing the world I'm building take shape and form.
Not many people have this incredible mindset, and sometimes I wonder whether we are set apart in this world. We have become the gatekeepers to the cyber realms. At the age of 11, I already knew I wanted to spend my life programming. Other kids still liked playing in the sandpit. I can only conclude that I was born with these skills - programming and the skills that come with it areinstinctive to me.
That makes me.... destined to code?
I cannot escape the feelings, and the desire is always there in the back of my head. It has always been there, for as ling as I know. As far as I can remember, I was programming since halfway through primary school. It's a fascination with the creation of worlds, with the solving of problems and the discovery of beauty in systems.
It's strange that I have this strong desire - I know others like me, drawn to the code, but there's nothing else like it in all the world. People do not have a yawning chasm of desire for office work, or for maths (although exercising the brain can be enjoyable), or for construction work. These things may be enjoyable to people, but given free time and money, would these people still pursue their jobs?
It's not that I love the code (although I do), it's simply that I cannot help but code. There is nothing I can do to satisfy the restlessness within me but code. There isn't much on this Earth so satisfying to me as merely coding. Accomplishment does not hold anywhere near so much joy as doing the work, seeing the world I'm building take shape and form.
Not many people have this incredible mindset, and sometimes I wonder whether we are set apart in this world. We have become the gatekeepers to the cyber realms. At the age of 11, I already knew I wanted to spend my life programming. Other kids still liked playing in the sandpit. I can only conclude that I was born with these skills - programming and the skills that come with it areinstinctive to me.
That makes me.... destined to code?
posted by Merlz at 6:08 PM
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