OT: Career advice Part II

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Ah when I'm referring to VBA I mean VBA for Excel/Word etc. rather than stand alone. We have controls for end user applications like this so we keep inventories of these so everyone know what there is where they are and what they do along with some other key info.
 
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Ah when I'm referring to VBA I mean VBA for Excel/Word etc. rather than stand alone. We have controls for end user applications like this so we keep inventories of these so everyone know what there is where they are and what they do along with some other key info.

It was VBA for excel. No one but the guy that built it knew how to use it.
 

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Question for developers. I know it's not all glamorous but it feels like one of those most fun jobs in the world. You're solving logic puzzles for a living. Am I looking at it with rose colored glasses?
 

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Question for developers. I know it's not all glamorous but it feels like one of those most fun jobs in the world. You're solving logic puzzles for a living. Am I looking at it with rose colored glasses?
I like it a lot, but the people who are really successful are the super nerds who do this shit in their free time for fun. That’s not me. I’m like doing it but only as a job, maybe that will limit me idk .
 
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I’m not a developer, but have worked with a slew of them for nearly two decades and one thing I have never heard is one of them ever say is that it is one of the most fun jobs in the world.
 
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I like it a lot, but the people who are really successful are the super nerds who do this shit in their free time for fun. That’s not me. I’m like doing it but only as a job, maybe that will limit me idk .

I've been obsessing the last two days about building a game that I play in Python. I'm pretty beginner so it'll be a huge challenge but I think it'll be really cool and will help me learn. Also, I'm super nerd in excel and do those projects for fun. I legit think I may have something here.
 
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I've been obsessing the last two days about building a game that I play in Python. I'm pretty beginner so it'll be a huge challenge but I think it'll be really cool and will help me learn. Also, I'm super nerd in excel and do those projects for fun. I legit think I may have something here.
Make a game if you want to learn how to be a game developer.

Make an actual useful program if you want a much more in-demand role. Make a to-do list app. There’s a million tutorials online for something easy like that. And it will teach you things you’ll actually use.
 

Kane One

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But to answer your question: no, it’s not at all the most fun job in the world. There’s a lot of politics, meetings, pressure, and whatnot. You aren’t just doing simple programming tasks, unless you want to permanently be a junior developer in a low-paying role.

The times I am able to get some moments to myself and actually code, then yes, it’s an awesome job and I’d call it fun. There’s just a f*** ton of time spent doing the bullshit that makes me hate this job.
 

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Make a game if you want to learn how to be a game developer.

Make an actual useful program if you want a much more in-demand role. Make a to-do list app. There’s a million tutorials online for something easy like that. And it will teach you things you’ll actually use.

Well, the game is similar to Wordle but with numbers. It's not exactly GTA, lol. I'm looking to do it for fun and just to learn Python. That said that's good advice since I can try that too, thanks.
 
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