I remember early on in my programmer career reading a quote by Torvalds: "Most programmers do programming (...) because it is fun" - how?
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At the time I was just learning C, and everything was frustrating. I didn't start programming to make things, I did it for the appearance
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Some part of me had always loved computers, but I was under the spell of Techcrunch: I wanted to be an entrepeneur - and so I had to program
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I think it wasn't until after being fired from my first job that I stopped caring about fame so much; working for the sake of fame is hollow
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Being fired was rough. All I could do was continue to make things, and I never stopped since. Will I ever be famous though? Who cares
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Nowadays I build things because it's fun, give talks because I like sharing ideas, mentor to help others and take contracts to fund it all
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Celebrity culture sure made me think I was a failure because I didn't have a billion dollar company at 21. I'm probably not the only one
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But I've realized I don't need to be a wunderkind to be happy. I'm healthy, I make things, meet people and travel. That's all I can wish for
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