Why You Should Learn Computer Programming?

Why You Should Learn Computer Programming?

 For fun: People learn skiing, dancing, gardening, scuba diving, and
flower-arranging because they enjoy the experience. Similarly, programming
a computer can prove fun because you can, for example, design
simple programs that display your boss’s ugly face on the computer.
More complex programs may make you a million dollars so that you
never again need to work for a boss with an ugly face.A stand-up comedian wrote the program in BASIC for his own amusement, using a program known as CA-Realizer. Then he decided to
sell the program to others.

 To fill a need: Many people learn programming with no intention of
becoming a full-time, professional programmer. They just want a program
that solves a particular problem, but they can’t find a program that
does it, so they write the program themselves. A psychologist who specialized
in dream interpretation used his knowledge and a program
known as ToolBook to create and sell DreamScape, a program that interprets
the meaning of dreams. Whatever your
interests, you can write a program to solve a specific problem that
others may find useful as well.

 For a new or second career: With computers taking over the world,
you’re never unemployed for long if you know how to program a computer.
Companies are always looking to create new programs, but you also
find a growing market for programmers who can maintain and modify the
millions of existing programs that do everything from storing hotel reservations
to transferring bank deposits electronically. If you know how to
program a computer, you’re in a much better position to earn a lot of
money and live wherever you want. You may still want to keep your current
job, but programming gives you a new way to expand and share your
knowledge. A group of alternative health-care practitioners, for example,
wrote IBIS, a program that provides information for treating a variety of
ailments by using acupuncture, massage, diet, and homeopathy. They wrote IBIS by using a program known as MetaCard.

 As an intellectual challenge: Many people find the sheer complexity of
computers as fascinating as studying a mathematical puzzle. Not surprisingly,
computers tend to attract people of above-average intelligence
who enjoy programming a computer to pry into the thought processes
of their own minds. To help turn a computer into a thinking tool, one
programmer created the Axon Idea Processor by using
Prolog, a popular programming language used for researching artificial
intelligence. The goal was to create a program to help people manipulate
ideas, concepts, and facts so that they can devise a variety of possible
solutions while better understanding their own way of thinking in the
process. If using a computer normally seems boring, try writing your
own program to help you use your brain more effectively.