Developers, Why Coding? 🤔
Tags: beginners, career, discuss, watercooler
Published: 2024-02-24 15:17:05

## Why are you doing this?

Is it for **money**?

Is it for **respect**?

The **fun of solving problems**?

**Whatever it is, I don’t judge.**

Every reason is _okay_.

But what I want to say is, please think carefully about why you're doing this.

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_Because_...

I think not doing that is the main reason why people fail in their coding attempts.

I learned this from a book called ["Start with Why" by Simon Sinek](https://simonsinek.com/books/start-with-why/) and some videos from YouTube(of course).

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It talks about why some people and companies are more creative, and influential, and make more money than others.

Sinek talks about the **Golden Circle**, which is three circles saying "Why," "How," and "What."

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<figcaption> https://www.betterup.com/blog/the-golden-circle </figcaption>

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| **Title** | **Description** |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **Why** | This is why the business exists. |
| **How** | This is what they do to make the "Why" happen. |
| **What** | This is the result of the "Why" and "How" — what they sell or offer. |

Sinek says most companies focus on "What" they do and "How" they do it, **_but not "Why" they do it._**

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But the most successful organizations start with "Why."

They inspire their employees and connect with their customers by saying their purpose first.

I agree with this.

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And we can use this for learning to code:

| **Title** | **Description**                        |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **Why**   | This is why you want to learn to code. |
| **How**   | This is how you learn to code.         |
| **What**  | This is what you learn from coding.    |

Most of us focus on _"how"_ and _"what"_ but forget that the foundation of both is the _"why"_.

The core of everything has to be a **_why_**.

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We have lots of things to do but not enough time and energy to do them all, so **we choose things with a strong purpose**.

So if you want to spend your time and energy coding instead of doing something easier, like watching videos, you need a **_strong_** why.

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Indeed, I understand that there is always a reason behind our actions.

We're not only following the crowd; rather, it's about whether that reason brings fulfilment and leaves you feeling content and satisfied and of course of a **_strong_** why.

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So ask yourself:

**_Why am I learning to code?_**

And then decide if you want to continue.

Maybe you'll find there's no strong reason…

That's _okay_ too.

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