My Best and Worst in Tech: Programming

Whenever I consider my triumphs and failures involving technology one thing always comes to mind: Programming. From leaving the impression of a keyboard on my forehead to waking the neighbors at 2:30 in the morning upon a working solution, coding has emotionally put me through my paces. I feel that the sentiment must be felt amongst plenty others in the community.

The capabilities of hardware have always been bound by how well an individual coded the means in which we interact with hardware, and how it interacts with us. It's a unique perspective for those on the other side of the fence, and I encourage anyone who hasn't been there to try it out, albeit in a more relaxed fashion than my introduction.

Being the modern day googling, techspy visiting tech guru that I am we really have to take a Delorean to 88 mph to bring back those days when I had so many issues and so much fun. I was eleven years old when I took my first programming class, more specifically a video game programming class. I had no idea what I was getting into.

The joy of changing variables and watching things crash quickly became the stress of getting level two just to start. From implementing timers, high scores, and saves, to multiple generas, even to netcode all the basics were covered. Quite the experience for a first timer, much akin to crashing that Delorean head first into a brick wall.

In more modern times I know about six different programming languages and regularly use two of them as they just fit into what I do. While not something I would want to do for a living, I am proud of my capabilities and accomplishments in the realm of coding. While I won't say I've done anything spectacularly unique or notable, I will say that the learning process over the years has been both infuriating and fun and I would do it all again.

Feel free to leave your thoughts and experiences below. I'd be my pleasure to discuss, alas I'm short on time currently.