Honestly, not at all. If CS paid like shit I’d still do it. Out of all the things it’s just what I enjoy most. Studying CS didn’t feel like something I had to do but rather something I wanted to do most of the time. Programming is like solving puzzles but then much cooler
Money has definitely something to do with it, but when my job had nothing to do with computers I programmed way better. I kinda want to be back to that one day, the dream is to open/join a car repair shop and program, not for money, like the good old times.
I mean, for me personally money was only part of the equation considering I was willing to put myself in debt. I could have better job security doing a trade job if money was the only factor. I also found computers inheritly interesting and the job was in high demand at the time. It all has backfired now though, despite developing a passion for tech and software overtime. I honestly SHOULD have done something only for the money instead of finding the best of both worlds, but hindsight is 20/20 I suppose
Ask a finance pro why they went into finance. If you don’t get the same answer, they are lying.
Anyway, I fell involve with computers and programing at 13 years old, and nothing else appealed to me, so guess what I became?
Involve
Why the state of the industry is shit, in a nutshell.
Working to be able to support yourself and family is not a bad thing. Most people would leave their job if they stopped getting paid.
Both statements can be true at once (yours and the comment you replied to).
To be honest, I could have had a better paycheck doing industrial plumbing for an international chem-corp near my hometown, but I really love solving problems and puzzles and to work with my mind, not my hands. Programming was my hobby since I was 16, and I just made my hobby into a job. Still love it.
And I graduated into the era of AI to not make any anyways :V
AI isn’t taking junior dev jobs. There are just too many people for the jobs available.
There could be too many people too, but A.I. is taking (atleast some) junior dev jobs.
Companies are not hiring juniors and instead giving A.I. to the rest of their employees thinking that that will offset the loss of junior jobs.
Of course not every company will be like that, but it seems to be a common trend. If the trend continues, we could end up in a world where there’s a big mid-level to senior shortage because juniors stopped being hired (and therefore trained).
^Prompt Engineer
