Same Stop: Life after 26 years as a programmer for Apple
&gt; I am not sure though if this is still the case for software engineers. Are there younger engineers, new to the career, for whom programming is not merely a job but something they can imagine doing in their spare time? I think I met a few as I was winding down my career. I do feel though that back around 1988 or so when I started getting serious into programming that all fellow programmers I met were also doing it with a kind of passion. How is it you can love a machine?<p>As someone who went into software development because it was my passion and my hobby, its always disappointing how often that isn&#x27;t the case for so many people in this industry.  It&#x27;s draining actually; The lack of enthusiasm and genuine interest is replaced by a clock-in and clock-out mentality.  Bootcamps have just become farms for people who need a job, but not those who really want this job.<p>I want to work with more people who LOVE software and find the development of machines and the code that runs on them as fascinating as I do.  Unfortunately, its less and less these days.