DEV Community

Cover image for Why I Became a Software Developer - My Journey

Why I Became a Software Developer - My Journey

Andrew Baisden on August 23, 2022

Subscribe to my newsletter to stay up to date on all of my upcoming articles. In the future, I plan to do some giveaways and share some more cool e...
Collapse
 
themfon profile image
Mfon.

Thank you for this, Andrew!

Man! Sega, PSP and all got me nostalgic. That inspect part really got me too. πŸ˜‚πŸ˜… I'm a newbie and I think I used it not too long ago while working on a project with a team.

You built when things were not as easy as they are now and you have most definitely seen a lot of things come and go. It's great to see you adapt to the times. πŸŽ–οΈ

I'll most definitely follow the alternate route to landing jobs although I like to be private mostly.

Looking forward to more articles like this.

Cheers!

Collapse
 
andrewbaisden profile image
Andrew Baisden

Thanks for reading it's great to hear your opinion!

Collapse
 
dastasoft profile image
dastasoft

Great article, as a person who also works as a SE, writes tech articles and does a bit of gamedev for hobby I totally relate to the phrase "trying to find the time to do everything that I'm doing now".

Time management and knowing when to rest is extremely important to maintain a good schedule and you must be an expert in this matter.

Have a great weekend!

Collapse
 
cyebukayire profile image
Peace

I love this, everything is very relatable.
Thank you Andrew:) You're an amazing content creatorπŸš€

Collapse
 
madza profile image
Madza

This is an inspiring story, Andrew πŸ˜πŸ‘βœ¨

Collapse
 
andrewbaisden profile image
Andrew Baisden

Thanks so much, positive feedback is always welcome Madza.

Collapse
 
blackgirlbytes profile image
Rizèl Scarlett

Thanks for sharing your story!

Collapse
 
andrewbaisden profile image
Andrew Baisden

Sure you are welcome I am glad you took the time to read it.

Collapse
 
martinadamsdev profile image
Martin Adams

Thanks Andrew for sharing your story.

Collapse
 
andrewbaisden profile image
Andrew Baisden

Sure no problem I aim to inspire others to succeed as well.

Collapse
 
yuridevat profile image
Julia πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’» GDE

Great story Andrew! Your path which led you where you are today is soo interesting.

Collapse
 
frankiefab100 profile image
Franklin Ohaegbulam

Thank you Andrew for sharing your journey and experience in tech.

Your story is reminiscent of my early experience.

Collapse
 
andrewbaisden profile image
Andrew Baisden

You are welcome it's great to know that you can relate to my story.

Collapse
 
okeken profile image
okeken

Thanks Andrew for sharing your story.

I had a similar exprience, when covid came, I had to go back to what I've always wanted to do, programming. And it has been a ride since then!

Collapse
 
andrewbaisden profile image
Andrew Baisden

That's great I wish you good luck!

Collapse
 
andrewbaisden profile image
Andrew Baisden

Thanks!

Collapse
 
zhng1456 profile image
Yw Zhang

inspiring story!

Collapse
 
lexiebkm profile image
Alexander B.K.

As if C# is only for game development. Uh...
My interest in C# and .Net is towards using them for backend dev, although I know they are excellent for building desktop GUI too (in which I am already familiar, using classic VB6).
Now my motivation increases after reading about .Net MAUI in the official doc : docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/ma...
as well as the potential of using C# and .Net for IOT projects : docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/io...

Collapse
 
andrewbaisden profile image
Andrew Baisden

I never said C# was only for game development. When I learned the basics I was using it for backend work using Blazor and ASP.NET. However JavaScript is my first choice language for working on backend projects so I was going to try something different with C#.

Collapse
 
lexiebkm profile image
Alexander B.K.

Yeah... it's nice to try different stacks for web backend. I myself plan to do that using at least 5 different stacks :

  1. PHP + Laravel : my current choice, because PHP was the 1st one I knew and could use for that purpose. I am still exploring more detail on them, though.
  2. Node.js + Express : I have tried them for simple app, but still in the phase of learning
  3. C# + ASP.net Core : I am currently learning; it seems that this stack will become my 1st choice in the future
  4. Java + Spring or Java EE : this stack has been on my mind since a long time ago, but still couldn't make it into reality. However, alongside C#, I plan to continue my learning on this stack.
  5. Go + Gin/Fiber/Echo : this stack is interesting because it seems not to be difficult to build backend once the fundamentals are in my hand. I have played a bit of this, but could not continue on learning because I don't have enough time for it anymore.

I am not really interested in other stacks like Python + Django/Flask, Ruby on Rails.

Collapse
 
lexiebkm profile image
Alexander B.K.

I know someone who still sticks to Flash and Actionscript, using PHP (version 5) without framework. Last time I met him, he still used them and seemed to not be open with the advancement of new techs.

Collapse
 
andrewbaisden profile image
Andrew Baisden

Wow, that's not good at all... I could not even get my old flash projects to run in any of the web browsers I had installed. I found a website that lets you run .swf files in a browser though ruffle.rs/demo/.