Why Software Engineer is Fun?

 

        If you are a gifted computer wizard from age 7, there’s no doubt you’ll become a great software engineer. But if this is not the case, why should you be one of those people spending all day typing at a keyboard making the machine do what you want? I’m assuming you are willing to choose this career in order to make a living, and not just for your own enjoyment. Enjoying the career is another topic, and one that must be carefully evaluated. If you strive and don’t really care about computers all that much, then software engineering will not be a good choice, because in order to be good, you need to spend countless, countless hours refining your craft, keeping up with the industry at large, getting to know every single little detail you should know to do your work properly. Passion is one key ingredient of being good in any profession.

        You will learn every day. Every day you’ll be presented with new challenges. You’re an engineer working on potentially very complex problems. You need to know how to figure things out, and if you don’t, you need to learn it on the job. You are expected to be learning every day, and this is awesome as you’re not stagnating in the job market but building up lots of experience as the time passes. Valuable experience for your company, other companies if you decide to switch jobs, or even for yourself if you want to try going indie. Being required to learn every day can either be frustrating, or very exciting. It all depends on your mindset. It’s a profession in high demand. I don’t know a single developer that’s good and without a job or something to do. Good developers are in high demand. You might not find a job for a top or famous company, but local companies are desperate to find talent. You can pick you own journey. You can move to the Silicon Valley and join a top company, get a very high salary and spend the days with smart people building the next big thing. You don’t have to move to Silicon Valley to find a job as a developer, especially as a Web Developer, one of the professions that is more open to remote working. There’s no shortage of opportunities in the foreseeable future, too. On the contrary, there will likely be more demand for developers in the future, to develop new software or maintain an existing one.

        Being able to work remotely. Remote working, even for just a few days a week, makes for a good work/life balance. It’s not allowed in all the environments, but remote working is a perk that’s very well suited to software development. If you are one of those developers that want a 100% remote job, then you are basically given the choice of living anywhere you want, with a decent internet connection. No need to waste time commuting, having the problem of finding something good to eat during the day, being forced by office politics and rules to leave at some specific time of day, or - worse - waiting until people decide it’s time for leaving to avoid being the first out and sending the “wrong message”.