Why Code?
I’ve tried to get out of Software at several times during my life. I’ve a degree in Cinema Studies, a consequence of my love for cinema, and my hate for bloated and complex Software. But I’m still here – as I cannot match my skill in any other art; music being the distant second to coding.
Back, at that point, I had forgotten that software can be beautiful, artful, powerful, and can change everything, with a few lines of code, a build at the time.
The Swedes in ThoughtWorks recently discussed this and other matters. One thing that struck me was the fact that none of us had an engineering or computer science degree. We just shared a strong love for the humble beginnings of the home computer; for the possibilities and dreams it facilitated.
I started off writing text adventures in Basic when I was 7. It was so frustrating, and so damn hard to make it do what I wanted, and the patience I had as a kid fascinates me. Why did I spend all those days writing a game just to see lines like “You now have the Golden Key” on that blue screen?
Because I was motivated by one day writing a game like Zelda, one of the great works of art of the 20th century. I love the tag line for the film A.I., as it describes the potential of programming very well: “His love is real, but he is not.”
Thanks for staying in there, kid.
by Hakan Raberg (http://www.jroller.com/ghettojedi/entry/why_code)
멋있는거 같네.
I had forgotten that software can be beautiful, artful, powerful, and can change everything, with a few lines of code, a build at the time.
내가 진심으로 이렇게 생각이 들면 난 이길로 가도 좋은거겠지?
