This article describes pretty much the entire reason I got in to software development, why I'm still doing it, why I'm here today, why I run Linux on my main machine, etc.
I have an undergraduate degree in Physics for largely the same reason.
I'm increasingly convinced that this is just a mindset you have or you don't.
For me, the world is a place to tinker about in, learn, build stuff, break stuff, etc.
I'm currently tinkering about with my homelab setup, tweaking the security, setting up redundancy, etc. Why? 'cos I can, and when you hire me you get all of that.
I have an undergraduate degree in Physics for largely the same reason.
I'm increasingly convinced that this is just a mindset you have or you don't.
For me, the world is a place to tinker about in, learn, build stuff, break stuff, etc.
I'm currently tinkering about with my homelab setup, tweaking the security, setting up redundancy, etc. Why? 'cos I can, and when you hire me you get all of that.
It's certainly served me well so far!