Kuumeivo
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- Feb 27, 2025
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In your opinion, what makes a person a "good" programmer? 
Is it the desire to always learn? Is it the quality of the code and simplifying it?
Does the years of experience reflect the true skills of someone?
The world of programming is one of constant learning - it is the same as painting - or art as a whole,
I've been an artist for years, and I never stop learning new techniques or styles.
When I jumped into web development (front-end) I thought it was going to be a straightforward path
yet I find myself engulfed by the amount of things to learn that programming has to offer to you,
of course, I did not only dive into it for fun - but for my future - I don't have any money to pay for a university
and in the country where I live, working a minimum wage job won't get you far, not even for cheap education.
Working a 9-5 is not really common, even the big companies usually expect you to work 10 to 12 hours a day
for a pay that is not worth it in my opinion. A truly unfair world we all live in
At the start of 2024 a friend of mine has told me about web development, that I should give it a try, I always
thought it was going to be all about maths - I always sucked at maths! - yet in my case, I haven't come across any of it!
I'm into constant learning. Currently creating my first serious project for a portfolio (a simple social-media site with API)
when I feel ready, I'll start applying for remote jobs, so far, I find that programming is the best I can do for my future right now,
I'm thinking of trying back-end as well and start playing around with frameworks.
I think what makes someone a good programmer is the desire to learn, it is pretty similar to art. After that, everything comes
flowing down like a river; someone who writes clean, efficient, and maintainable code that can easily be understood by
another person.
I think the years weight their value, yet, just as in art, many bear the weight of the years on their backs
but did not spend their time refining their skills. Everything is reflected in your code, or your paintings,
that tells a lot about whoever wrote the code or painted on the canvas, at least, that's my sort of "dramatic"
way of viewing it
Is it the desire to always learn? Is it the quality of the code and simplifying it?
Does the years of experience reflect the true skills of someone?
The world of programming is one of constant learning - it is the same as painting - or art as a whole,
I've been an artist for years, and I never stop learning new techniques or styles.
When I jumped into web development (front-end) I thought it was going to be a straightforward path
yet I find myself engulfed by the amount of things to learn that programming has to offer to you,
of course, I did not only dive into it for fun
- but for my future - I don't have any money to pay for a university and in the country where I live, working a minimum wage job won't get you far, not even for cheap education.
Working a 9-5 is not really common, even the big companies usually expect you to work 10 to 12 hours a day
for a pay that is not worth it in my opinion. A truly unfair world we all live in
At the start of 2024 a friend of mine has told me about web development, that I should give it a try, I always
thought it was going to be all about maths - I always sucked at maths! - yet in my case, I haven't come across any of it!
I'm into constant learning. Currently creating my first serious project for a portfolio (a simple social-media site with API)
when I feel ready, I'll start applying for remote jobs, so far, I find that programming is the best I can do for my future right now,
I'm thinking of trying back-end as well and start playing around with frameworks.
I think what makes someone a good programmer is the desire to learn, it is pretty similar to art. After that, everything comes
flowing down like a river; someone who writes clean, efficient, and maintainable code that can easily be understood by
another person.
I think the years weight their value, yet, just as in art, many bear the weight of the years on their backs
but did not spend their time refining their skills. Everything is reflected in your code, or your paintings,
that tells a lot about whoever wrote the code or painted on the canvas, at least, that's my sort of "dramatic"
way of viewing it
