ilearnedtoprogram: why'd you learn to hack?

By at 6:18 am Thursday, Apr 28

ReadWriteHack's Ben Chun's ilearnedtoprogram.com shares brief accounts of why programmers learned their craft and art. A large number mention creative satisfaction (which is certainly why I started).
"by writing a BASIC game on a manual typewriter, and being driven by my mom to the local Radio Shack where I typed it in to the TRS-80 I coveted."- Matt Hillman

"in college, when I realized I could have a big impact on the world by building software with a focus on humanity." - Vanessa Hurst

"because I believed (and still do) that it's one of the best skills to have in order to change people's lives for the better." Alyssa Daw

"when I wanted a piano and got an Atari -- programmed the keys to make sounds." Katie A. Siek

"because I wanted to make interactive electronic literature." - Zuzana Husarova

"because I wanted to build cool things. Now that's my job." - Alex Gaynor

ilearnedtoprogram.com - Share the Story of Why and How You Learned to Program (via The Command Line)

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