Coding is Not Glamorous, It Takes Dedication

If you’ve ever watched the movie Hackers, or followed superhero shows like Arrow and The Flash, then you understand that Hollywood makes coding seem like a glamorous profession. Need information on someone which would otherwise be protected? Hack away. They make it appear as if it only takes a few minutes to hack some of the most complex systems in the world.

The reality is, coding is not glamorous. It’s not something you can do at the drop of a hat or in a matter of minutes. Coding doesn’t just take the knowledge of how it all works, it also takes the knowledge of every possibility under the sun. This isn’t 2+2=4. A machine can only do what it’s programmed to do, can only return answers for which it has the information. Which means that the person behind the programming can’t think in a linear fashion, they must consider every possibility that a person using the machine might think of.

For example, think of a restaurant menu. There are appetizers, entrees, soups, salads, desserts, drinks, etc. Think about all of the combinations that a person could order off of that menu. Maybe someone wants an appetizer and a salad with water to drink. The next person wants nachos, steak, salad, chocolate cake and beer. A third person wants soup, a sandwich, a cookie and a soda. The list goes on. Someone who is coding has to consider all of the items a person might want, in every combination, and write a code to return the correct information based on the input query.

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Originally published at https://www.pwvconsultants.com on June 15, 2020.