It is so much better than I ever could have imagined that it would be. It is a daily game of show and tell where we get to show off the cool things we got working. If you had told me 20 years ago how much fun it would have been I simply would not have believed you.
Programming opened the whole world to me and I've written code in Africa, Asia and Europe in addition to the small New England town where I live now. The money is respectable, the hours are flexible and I always have the opportunity to learn something new and try a different approach.
I simply cannot imagine a life where I do not get to run up the stairs to my office and bounce in anticipation as emacs fires up for another day of profound geek joy. I do not ever plan to retire, they are just going to have to pull me kicking and screaming away from the keyboard someday.
Programming opened the whole world to me and I've written code in Africa, Asia and Europe in addition to the small New England town where I live now. The money is respectable, the hours are flexible and I always have the opportunity to learn something new and try a different approach.
I simply cannot imagine a life where I do not get to run up the stairs to my office and bounce in anticipation as emacs fires up for another day of profound geek joy. I do not ever plan to retire, they are just going to have to pull me kicking and screaming away from the keyboard someday.