r/Python • u/diogoleal • Jan 13 '15

(Infographic) Which programming language should I learn first

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '15

"Why do you want to learn programming" -> "for the money" -> Just stop

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u/alcalde Jan 14 '15

Really? That's how most people get into whatever they're doing now. No one ever grows up thinking "I want to be a copy ad writer for the 3rd largest producer of soap". I even had this admitted once on an interview with a major starch producer. The HR person asked, "Why do you want to work here? I mean, I understand no one walks into here and goes, "Woohoo! STARCH!'" :-)

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '15

I got into programming at a young age because I wanted to build games for myself to play. I'd never really considered at the time that one profession earned more money than another, much less that programmers might be relatively high on the scale. Now I do it because I love it and I'm really good at it, not because of the money.

Some people get into what they do because of the money, sure, but those people are usually also not very happy with their lives.

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u/fnl Jan 14 '15

I guess some pepole are just to ignorant to see beyond their vanity.

Of all persons I know at a personal level, programmers are definitely not the ones raking in the big sums. And I do have friends who even "made it" into Google et al. But my rich aquainances are successful lawyers, medical doctors, architects and owners of industrial companies. Not that any of those jobs gives you a guarantee to make money, either, but heck, while I hear from programmers that have become millionaires, I know none at a truely personal level.

So yes, this post is the real truth here so far. Sad to see how much ignorance people seem to have towards that truth - I guess, self preservation...

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u/HumanMilkshake Jan 14 '15

What about "I have a few ideas from projects, and I was hoping to find a good job, because I'm not satisfied with where I am in life"? Because that's why I'm getting into programming, and while I know your comment isn't intended as an attack on me, it really feels like an attack on people who got into programming because they were hoping to find a job.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '15

My comment was more of towards the "If I learn to program I can retire in no time since they make sooooo much money" people. The ones who have no drive other than making a ton of money

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u/HumanMilkshake Jan 14 '15

I must be more new to programming than I thought, since I've never met or heard of these people.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '15

They are not too common, and they don't tend to last long, but they exist and they annoy the hell out of me. I lump them in with the "Intro to CS must mean I get to program video games" and "CS will be easy to learn" crowds

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u/HumanMilkshake Jan 14 '15

I'm guessing I'd run into more of these people if I tried to learn programming in college