[ramtatatam]

Long time ago at uni I used to give paid coding sessions to fellow students from IT facoulty (I myself could not make it to study on IT as I was not super star in math/physics which is requirement where I live, but I was passionate about coding and self thought and playing with code since 13). They was coming to me with their assignments in various levels of advancement so we was going through whatever they already had, salvaged whatever made sense and explained why other parts was of no use. Then we completed assignment together with proper explanation where things come from. I often heard this: 'you just start writing' and my answer would often be 'data structure is the fundation, I want to test different ideas so I can land at the best of my ability as soon as I can'... This was nice time in my life where I had no clue about maintainability and quality of code :)

On another note I remember watching video on youtube where someone said that for them programming is solving a puzzle. This resonates with me as solving puzzles is something you enjoy, programming should be something you enjoy and not just use to make your living...