Does nobody build stuff just for fun anymore?
When did we stop tinkering just because something was interesting?
When I started college back in 2019, I started tinkering with programming languages
I fell in love with C, then C++, then BOOM
I was introduced to Python by Tulesko, and like any sane person, I felt like god using len() for the first time to calculate length of an array.
Then I learned JavaScript and TypeScript, another game changer and helped me secure my first internship and eventually job.
I was over the moon, enjoying the journey, having fun, learning new things everyday.
Promises, async await, event loop was learning a fair share of data structures on the side as well.
And then something shifted, 6 Years have passed since I wrote my first line of code.
I have explored multiple languages till now, Rust, Go, Haskell, Perl
Never felt the joy again, It was gone.
Because most of the time it was just for ticking checkboxes for job changes/ salary hikes. Never just to learn, just to tinker with something new for fun.
When I see students today. They are missing out on this entirely.
They are either too busy to complete the YC application or building their micro saas for financial freedom or building the next revolutionary AI wrapper.
Man, just build for the fun of building, enjoy the process, before its too late.
Until the next Rant,
Pees out.
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