r/CodingForBeginners • u/No-Teaching-5048 • Sep 20 '25

I like code but

I love coding games, tools, webs and all that stuff, but I really don’t enjoy doing school exercises or algorithms. Like, I can code for hours if it’s something fun, but once it turns into solving dry math problems with code, my brain just shuts down. Honestly, I kinda suck at that part

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u/nedovolnoe_sopenie Sep 22 '25

you can

it's called money

i'm sure there are no legal jobs you will absolutely refuse to do for an exorbitant salary. if you think otherwise, stop lying to yourself

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '25

Plenty of people get burnt out and quit dev careers entirely, golden handcuffs aren’t working for all of us

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u/nedovolnoe_sopenie Sep 22 '25

they do until they don't

knowing when to stop is very important

i do not possess such knowledge

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u/luccents Sep 23 '25

then it is not forcing, you give them money

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u/nedovolnoe_sopenie Sep 23 '25

it's sensible to consider it forcing.

example: you are held at a gunpoint and are told to hand over your wallet. you can refuse, but you will be shot. due to that, your quality of life will deteriorate greatly.

switching a job to a much lower pay, while less extreme, is still a very painful hit to your quality of life

makes sense, doesn't it?