What inspired you to become a developer?

@github The success of flappy bird, I was blown away at how simple the game was and how viral it went.

@github Dismantle China’s Great Firewall.

@github developer’s salary.

@github It’s stupid but I wanted to invent things and name them, you know like scientists do. And that’s what I have done. AH! 🤜🤛

@github Money

@github My Dad’s old BASIC notes 📝

@github World of warcraft add-ons

@github Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)

@github Create.

@github @ChatGPTapp

@github Runescape

@github My dad. When I was in 2nd grade.

@github the movie Tron I wanted to grow up to be like Flynn! mostly succeeded! 😃

@github A steady paycheck

@github collecting green squares

@github Being interested in computers

@github FOMO

@github The joy of bringing creations to life

@github The bags 💰

@github Not understanding why malicious links worked.

@github Was selling custom window treatments at Bloomingdales then my brother-in-law (a senior developer at Intel) thought I would make a great developer. From his tutoring I was hooked on how easy I picked up on building useful applications. So my inspiration was my Brother-in-law.

@github randomly came across code and was like "wait you can just talk to computers?! this is awesome!!"

@github That you can turn your ideas into reality with just the pads of your fingers.

@github I really wanted to make a custom Winamp skin

@github A monalisa.exe that I clicked on, opening a full screenshot of Mona Lisa with ‘Press Space’ at the bottom. When you pressed it, her boobs would come out. How can any 13-y old unsee this?

@github Passion & love for puzzle solving

@github My father inspired me a lot with books and early PCs.

@github The guy who taught us C in the school when I was 13. His name was Ali Ameri and is most probably this guy: scholar.google.com/citations?user…

@github The engineering behind making the most creative shit out there!

@github Video Game

@github Solving Problems

@github Having never touched a computer & taking a required Basic course my first year at university, I was fascinated that I could write English words & make a computer do what I told it to do. The next semester I changed my major from chemistry to computer science & never looked back.

@github Love to solve problems

@github Being able to create and manipulate a project that can make an impact in the world all from one sitting. Makes me feel like a god 😂

@github I was tracking down a problem related to a game I played at that time. My username was derived from that moment. That’s how I got into IT. Then scripting and then later dev work.

@github Sir Clive Sinclair.