Is coding right for you?
Does it satisfy your soul?
If you had a billion dollars, would you write another line of code?
Three years ago, I quit my Rails consulting gig, bought a VW Bus and started traveling. I thought, if I was independently wealthy I would spend my life traveling, climbing and surfing. I loved that life. I was living the dream.
I didn’t write a line of code… for 6 months. Then, in the middle of winter, in Kentucky, I spent three days in the basement of a pizza shop. No running water, no heat…. but it had electricity and wifi. I spent three days hacking away, and I loved it.
At that point I realized that I needed to write code. It provided something my soul craved.
I think it’s the ability to CREATE that I love. I find taking an idea and turning it into reality… satisfying. Maybe if I could paint, compose music, or ice sculpt with a chain saw I’d do one of those things instead, but I can’t.
I can code. Coding satisfies my soul’s need to create.
Is coding right for you? How do you know?
