What's the dumbest reason you've learned a programming language?
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I wanted to be a game programmer. 15 years on, I haven't touched a video game in over a decade, and I find them pretty boring.
No idea, if this was the case for you, but learning how the magic works can definitely make it less magical...
I became a Game Programmer. Job market sucks right now, so I'm cleaning toilets and taking out trash at a grocery store.
But hey, on my days off I sometimes have time to work on games.
I wanted to get into creating video games.
I ended up in software engineering for financial companies. It killed my hobby love of programming but the salary is worth it. Exceptionally lucrative, and I have never struggled for work, with great pay, bonus, benefits, equity