Why did you become a Developer?

We all have our origin stories. Maybe you were born to become a programmer or you started off when you first went into college.

For me, I became a developer because I enjoy making stuff. I like to see my creation come to life and being able to share what I have created. Additionally, I love finding efficient ways to achieve things in a short amount of time. When I was little, I liked to play a lot of video games. It got to the point where I started to learn how to beat a game within a short amount of time.

I remember when I played a mobile game called "Clash of Clans". I introduced it to my uncle after I played it for a few months or so. Within a couple of weeks, he was able to get ahead of me by a milestone. Not only his Town Hall was higher Level than mine, but also his whole based in general (He did not rush his Town Hall).

As a result, my uncle inspired me to figure out how I can learn efficiently and accurately in a short amount of time while achieving my goals quickly. I learned overtime what are things that is essential for me and what it's not as well as learning more about myself (My strengths and Weaknesses) and use it to my advantage. This helps me as a developer because I have the ability to learn whatever I want without having approval from someone else. I was able to build great projects, learning new technologies, and continued my journey as a developer without being burnt out. In other words, I learned "Quality over Quantity". This resulted me to learn Web Development before taking the course at my University!

Right now, I am continuing my journey as a developer and I hope that I can achieve and learn a lot from the Dev.to community! It has been a great experience so far.

Quick Shout out

Shout out to @itsugo for being my first follower on Dev.to. Your comments inspired me to continue my journey on Dev.to! I would like to have a shout out to Richard Pascoe. His consistency and enthusiasm to the community motivated me to keep going as a developer. Unfortunately, he left the community for personal reasons. More can be found on this post that @bingkahu made on the DEVengers org: https://dev.to/devengers/tribute-to-richard-pascoe-127o

Now it's your turn. Why did you become a Developer?

I would love to hear from the community on why you became a developer!