Who does not want to build their own game to play on the play station? How? It’s easy! Just be an expert coder, I mean learning computer programming.
Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Mark Elliot Zuckerberg- The greatest coders in our IT world! YouTube was founded by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim, Spotify founder Daniel Ek, Instagram founder Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger also are well-known coders. Also, surprisingly Netflix is nothing without coding.
Computer programming is an enormously flexible tool that you can use to do amazing things that are otherwise either manual and laborsome or are just impossible. If you’re using a smartphone, a chat app or if you’re unlocking your car with the push of a button, then you must know that all these things are using some kind of programming. You’re already immersed in the programs of different types. In fact, the software is running your life. What if you learn and start running these programs according to your will?
For example, you can write a program that can automatically respond to every new text message on your phone. To a message like “Hi” or “Hey,” the program can read through the message to detect some pre-defined keywords like “Hi” and “Hey,” and send an automatic response, which could be anything like, “Hi! What’s up?” without you needing to see that message. You can even program it for specific people in your contact list. It can be made as exciting as you can ever imagine it to be.
Coding develops structured and creative thinking
When programmers are given a problem to solve, they don’t just start to code right away. Problems are not solved that way. When you see a problem, you need to break it down into workable pieces and then get on it. Do non-programmers ever approach to a problem like this? Rare! When you start learning to program, you develop the habit of working your way out in a very structured format. You gradually program your brain to break every problem down to bits and understand better. You start thinking logically, and this gives rise to more creative solutions you’ve ever given.
Programming makes things easier for you
A simple computer program is capable of turning things around as you want. Something that works on pushing buttons can be programmed to do so on a tap on your smartphone or when you double clap. You can switch on/off your electrical appliances using your smartphones.
Learning to program teaches you persistence
When you learn computer programming, you start seeing problems in the light of solutions. Your brain starts functioning like that. When you encounter a problem after learning to program, you start envisioning the possible ways to solve it. You may even foresee some good results out of it. However hard the problem might seem, you become determined to act on it anyhow. You transform yourself into a solution-driven individual.
Computer programming is powerful. Even if you know just the basics of programming, you can imagine a lot of solutions and can work to solve your (and maybe the world’s) problems. Learn computer programming to feel the confidence of having this robust tool at your disposal. It’s amazing!
