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No, seriously now, why did you become a software engineer? Was it the beauty of the algorithms? The intelligence of the design patterns? The happiness to see other people react to your creations? The agile manifest? The money they promised you? Was it your mom?

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1) Starting with a blank screen and creating something 2) The artistic side (creative) along with the technical side (analytical) really does it for me 3) Being able to work from home and make the money I do. Talking as an employee here. Now a days an entrepreneur can make tons more from home.

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Haha that's exactly why I'm in software. Have EE degree as well as CS, and I was arguably much better at the EE stuff. But it was way easier to find a job in CS, and the jobs pay significantly better. So here I am.

I still get recurring nightmares about op amps though.

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