Even though I had the talent, programming just didn't feel right. I never considered it very seriously. Some people get gratification from bending a machine to their will. I didn't.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I always considered programming as being like modern-day wizardry. You could think of things in your mind and then make them happen.
Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program.
I'm not a programmer myself, but I am a very, very picky end user of technology. I like my machines to work they way they're supposed to, all the time.
I didn't set out to be at the top of technology companies. I'm just geeky and shy, and I like to code.
It always helps to be a good programmer. It is important to like computers and to be able to think of things people would want to do with their computers.
As a kid, I was always into art at the same time as computers, and eventually I realised I was making more interesting stuff with my keyboard than with my hands. I really enjoyed modifying computer games more than playing them, so that got me into programming.
I didn't get trained by the school system like other kids, and when I did concentrate on learning, my mind was cluttered and locked by the programming of the system.
Programmers are in the enviable position of not only getting to do what they want to, but because the end result is so important they get paid to do it. There are other professions like that, but not that many.
I've been programming computers since elementary school, where they taught us, and I stuck with computer science through high school and college.
There was something amazingly enticing about programming.