Let’s pause for a moment in this grow-the-economy-at-all-costs world and ask ourselves a few basic questions. So, I hear that everyone wants to be a programmer now. What then? What happens if coding isn’t for me? Will I be condemned to a life of vagrancy, pointless toil?
Just take Colonel Harland Sanders, the founder of KFC. When he was born in 1890, he experienced disappointments and roadblocks throughout his life. His big idea — that secret fried chicken recipe he’d stumbled across as a 40-year-old — suffered setback after setback, but he never wavered. By the time he landed a franchise deal with a restaurant in Salt Lake City in 1952 and launched its famous chicken, Sanders had endured years of rejection. It was his determination that helped propel KFC to fame and fortune around the globe.
Everyone believes you need programming skills to be successful but I’m here to tell you ‘it’s not that everything is coding’, even programmers need a person to promote their work. For me, I’m a business development graduate, and I’ve tried my hand at programming for 6 months, but I had people who gave up on me because we lost the passion. Then a friend told me again, ‘you see that sales thing? Do It!’ So I took the job and I’m here… God knows best.
If you want to be rich, it probably won’t be the old-fashioned way. It’s not about finding your vocation; it’s about finding your inner voice. How do you want to express yourself? What do you care about? Want to make other people’s lives easier? Then make them easier, not their bank accounts. The money will flow within that.
Yes, even if you hate programming, life will work out for you isn’t such bad advice, either. Go do what you love — as long as it’s something good for people in the world — and try to live the best human life you can. There are lots of forms of success, and it’s up to you to find yours.