Learning programming is worth it?

MarkEast said:

Well, I have always approached programming with this one thing in mind.

Programming is NOT something that comes to me naturally. But that being said, let's say I overcome the struggle and become a highly skilled programmer, crème de la crème, and get a job in one of the top global IT companies. How much money can I make there? $500 a day? $800? Not a dollar more, I guess.

Now, is $800 a day a lot of money? Sure. But I want more. I want $5000 days, $10000 days, and up, so for me, there truly is only one answer: entrepreneurship.

So, programming doesn't work for me. Nor do I like it, neither I would be ever satisfied with the money. YMMV, though.

A completely different perspective is if you approach programming as a skill to build your business with. In that case, it CAN work out nicely. But again, you need to LOVE doing it.

On a final note, understand that programming is not the only thing left to do in the world (despite what people might be telling you). There are HUUUUUUUUUUGE opportunities in fields other than programming. For example, one of such gigantic fields is media/content creation. E-commerce (as in simply "selling stuff online") is another one. So, in my opinion, if you don't like programming, don't force it.

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Witzalron said:

Selling the soul is how they become millionaire, not because they are hardworking or talented. You can too, become rich and famous with this method. The first microsoft product was sold for $666, the first apple product was sold for $666.

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Witzalron said:

Selling the soul is how they become millionaire, not because they are hardworking or talented. You can too, become rich and famous with this method. The first microsoft product was sold for $666, the first apple product was sold for $666.

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crnack said:

Hmmm, still no passion will let you sit and feel good at the computer for 15 hours.

I like to come up with solutions walking and exploring the world. Then coding it.

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Witzalron said:

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Friend, no doubt - we are living in some strange times and you would agree with that. Concealed processes are happening in the background, without letting the masses know what's going around. We never probed, but busy in making money. Yes, make money but know the 'stuff' too. There are many many things.

If you have time, I can explain you the 'stuff'. We are moving into a new era.

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crnack said:

Still need those $5? Maybe you are just hungry and come up with stories?

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Witzalron said:

That was a troll post, first of all and admins removed it. No one here would spare a random internet stranger $5. If you need to money, you have to hard work friend.

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crnack said:

But you set your own avatar to your real photo. Then you admit to be a troll. Now we don't know if this 666 story is not trolling as well.

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msyaz said:

No. Learn other skills which require lesser time and brain energy to acquire and allows you to make decent amount of money in the long term.

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