Hello World

This is the text that we all saw when we were just starting to learn how to program. The excitement when we got our first BASIC/FORTRAN/PASCAL application to do something we wanted to do! I will never forget that feeling of accomplishment when first fiddling with world of programming. But now after 4 years of college and almost 4 years of working it feels like such a distant memory I can't even remember if those feelings are real anymore. The fantasies of adventure and discovery were all I cared about when I decided to make this my career. However the stark reality is that in the real world programming is about none of these things for the most part. Money and fame are the key. I was foolish into thinking people did things for the love of it. I still love coding and solving programming problems, but now I see another world.

This brings me to a new notion I call the 'New Age Programmer'. The odd part is that even though I'm still very young I don't consider myself a new age programmer. In fact there are older people that I could consider new age. When I was in high school programming was non existent. I think I was the only person in the entire school who cared. I would go to the library after school and dig up BASIC and C programming books and read about them. I felt alone in my interest and hobby. Contrast that to today, where programming is now considered 'hip'. You often hear the term 'Brogrammer' now, which refers to young programmers who like to party and workout. This ain't no joke, I see these type of programmers all the time. With things like Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, etc there's also this lure that one day you'll be a millionare if you make an awsome app. Again it circles back to money and fame. This is the reason new age programmers exist. Don't get confused with new age programmers with brogrammers. Brogrammers can still love coding. New age programmers don't. They could careless about using a Prefix tree to solve autocomplete for an instant messaging service. All they care about is the end product and the money.

At first these type of programmers bothered me a lot but then I realized something. Most people period only care about money and fame. It doesn't matter what profession, people in general work for these reasons. I've learned to do what I want to do in my career. What other people want to do and for what reasons is up to them.