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What got you into coding ? (aside from money) (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago by meter_kilo@lemm.ee to c/programming@programming.dev
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To give some context, I'm a developer myself and once I had a conversation with someone who has not "tasted" programming, but was wondering about passion and career. I was asked what I like about programming. My answer was that my interest in it came from writing small scripts when I was young to automate things.

Aside from being a career, I'm curious what got you into coding ?

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[โ€“] kakes@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The worst teacher I ever had assigned me a project to make a game using GameMaker. Been hooked ever since, and eventually turned it into a career.

[โ€“] Spectacle8011@lemmy.comfysnug.space 4 points 1 year ago

Did your opinion of the teacher change at all after that?