Wie die Liebe zu Code begann

Computerspiele waren für viele der Anfangspunkt Programmieren zu lernen, oder eher das nicht vorhanden sein von Computerspielen:

My mom wouldn’t let me play Mortal Kombat when I was 12, so I learned to program in GW-BASIC to make an even more violent game to play.

— (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞ Rob (@robmerrell) 19. Juli 2017

Bro wouldn’t let me play FF9 until I learned C++
Dropped out of Italian lit degree
Accidentally got PHP internship
Never looked back

— Brian Holt (@holtbt) 19. Juli 2017

Played with BASIC. When parents wouldn’t buy me Donkey Kong, I coded a very basic version for myself. Tech has always been part of my life.

— Jen Luker (@knitcodemonkey) 19. Juli 2017

Played video games at a friend’s house. Asked how to make them. Friend’s dad gave me a programming book for kids. Coding ever since.

— Eric Elliott (@_ericelliott) 20. Juli 2017

Bei manchen war der Start auch eher Karriere-fokusiert:

Started a lawn mowing business, got two customers. Skipped both jobs writing an app to manage all my clients.

— Riley Eynon-Lynch (@rileylark) 19. Juli 2017

Manchmal schubst einen auch die Technik in die richtige Richtung:

Was a scientific illustrator until they invented a camera that replaced me. Museum asked me if I could build websites instead & I said yes

— Sarah Drasner (@sarah_edo) 20. Juli 2017

Auch die Liebe führt zur Liebe zu Code:

1996. Highschool girlfriend wouldn’t show me how to build a website. Broke up and taught myself on Geocities.

— Jason Billingsley (@jbillingsley) 19. Juli 2017

Musik hilft nicht nur beim Programmieren, es inspiriert auch dazu, es zu lernen.

wanted to play in a metal band in california, but was born in eastern europe. spent 6 years trying to get a US visa. CS+h1b kinda worked out

— Aaron Abramov (@aaronabramov_) 19. Juli 2017

10 years old, learned HTML and CSS to make a Green Day themed Neopets profile page.

— Leah Loughran (@leahjlou) 19. Juli 2017

Auch in der Schule wurde manch Saat gepflanzt:

My all girls middle school had a (required) BASIC class. Taught by the same nun who taught us Latin. Got hooked on only one of those! 🖥️

— wendy knox everette (@wendyck) 19. Juli 2017

My college art professor/advisor said “take a class completely unrelated to your major”. I took a LISP programming class. https://t.co/SOGNAA5SIR

— Jeff Sussna (@jeffsussna) 20. Juli 2017

Die ersten Schritte eines Hackers:

In 5th grade ran every break down to the “computer room” to play games. Someone showed me some basic to make a computer unusable. Loved it.

— Felix (@Skythedeath) 19. Juli 2017

At some point, maybe 9ish, I realized that exe files could be made by anyone, not just big companies.

— dpk (@im_dpk) 19. Juli 2017

Der kompletten Twitter-Stream findet sich bei Jamison Dance, einem JavaScript-Entwickler, der die Community nach ihren Origin Stories fragte.

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