The latest articles on DEV Community by Tom Oakley (@tomoakley). https://dev.to/tomoakley https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F51194%2Fc0ee1cb4-3473-4f06-9d45-afce7d09019f.jpg https://dev.to/tomoakley en Tom Oakley Tue, 30 Oct 2018 10:47:00 +0000 https://dev.to/tomoakley/whats-fun-about-being-a-developer-439m https://dev.to/tomoakley/whats-fun-about-being-a-developer-439m <p>This morning a colleague at work (who's not a developer) asked me what I enjoyed about being a developer (I'm a front-end / native app dev). He's messed around with code and made some simple games / applications (using Unity and other frameworks), but finds it very frustrating. His question was "What's fun about being a developer?" I didn't really have an exact answer for him, and the more I've been thinking about it, the more I'm unsure why I love doing app development! I just know I wouldn't change it for the world.</p> <p><em>So, what do you find fun about being a developer?</em></p> job fun passion work