User:QutübMalik

I am a programmer, I have no life :-(

• ''QutübMalik ( قطب / born may 17, 1999) is a Indian kid programmer who wrote codes for website programming.He learned python scripting at the age of 11.I also value PC gaming for diversity of experience. I love console controllers, but I also love the keyboard and mouse. I love sitting back on the couch in front of a big TV, but I also love hunching toward a monitor at my desk. PC gaming has a totally different feel to it, from the controls to the desk to the graphics to the games. It’s a time-honored countryside in the vast landscape of gaming, and to not go there is to rob yourself of a great part of playing games. Having a separate place to game is also extremely useful if you live with other people – you don’t have to hog the TV (or be frustrated by TV hoggers) and there’s something special about being able to close the door, close the blinds, and turn out the lights and have your own gaming sanctuary. The Wii U will attempt to allow exactly this convenience, but sorry, it can’t exactly beat a huge monitor and mega-PC with its dinky handheld screen. Aside from the admittedly vague aesthetic experience I talked about above, there’s the actual, biggest reason to game on PC – the exclusive games and the games that are just plain better on PC. There are a couple of massive genres that you really can’t play properly outside of the PC: RTS and MMO. MMOs (almost) don’t even exist on consoles, while RTS games are either outright horrible on console, or even if competent, still a pale shadow of the PC versions. It’s possible you don’t care about these genres, but how can you be sure unless you actually try them? I never thought I would care about RTS until I played Warcraft II – now I’m a fanatic. I never thought I would touch an MMO and then I played PlanetSide – now PlanetSide 2 is my most anticipated upcoming game in ten years. By being adventurous and wading into the murky quagmire of PC gaming, I changed as a gamer. Over the years since I started playing on the PC, my gaming experience has become more diverse and greatly enriched. I discovered my two favorite games of all time – PlanetSide and Warcraft III – and I try imagine what I would have missed had I said “Ugh, PC gaming is such a complicated hassle – no thanks.”Professional gamers generally play video games for prize money or salaries. Such individuals usually deeply study the game to master it and usually to play in competitions.A pro gamer may also be another type of gamer, such as a hardcore gamer, if he or she meets the additional criteria for that gamer type. In countries of Asia, particularly South Korea and China, professional gamers and teams are sponsored by large companies and can earn more than US$100,000 a year. In 2006 Major League Gamingcontracted several Halo 2 players including Tom "Tsquared" Taylor and members of Team Final Boss with $250,000 USD yearly deals.
• Programming careers fall into one of two types: 1) you work for someone else or 2) you work for yourself. Either way, it’s not uncommon to hear stories of late nights, long coding sessions, and an overall low quality of life. Software development is a deadline-centric industry and deadlines don’t play nicely with traditional 9-to-5 work days. As deadlines loom closer, coding teams often enter a phase of “crunch time” defined by all-nighters. Even when working for yourself, you’ll have to pour in many daily hours if you want to stay ahead of your competition.

In addition, programming problems tend to get stuck in your brain and follow you around everywhere you go. You’ll be working through solutions while in the shower, while commuting, and even while lying in bed. Because so much of programming happens in your head, compartmentalization can be difficult if not impossible.

• If you’re lucky you may be able to find a company that doesn’t do crunch time, but I wouldn’t count on it.There was a time when software development was a lucrative pursuit. Nowadays, programmers who get rich quick are the exception to the rule. If your primary motivation for being in this industry is to make a lot of money in the shortest amount of time, you’re in for some disappointment.

Final Thoughts

Let’s say you’ve decided that programming isn’t for you but you still want to make use of the programming-related skills and knowledge that you’ve built up over the years. What are your options?

Writing. The technical experience from programming can make you well-suited for technical writing (manuals, documentation, etc.), journalism (staying up to date with bleeding edge news), or education (teaching others what you know).

Analysis. Depending on your field of expertise, you could put your knowledge to use as a consultant for security systems, web platforms, game engines, monetization models, etc. Quality assurance testing is another field where analytical expertise can come in handy.

Management. If you have a heart for business but want to remain connected to the software industry, why not manage your own team of developers? Managers who understand the nuances of coding are few and far between.

That’s just scratching the surface. Just know that even if you realize that you don’t want to be a programmer anymore, those skills are transferable and your time was not wasted.