Why do programming?
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The technological developments characterize the 21st century. Wherever we look at, whatever we use has something to do with technology. From the alarm clock on our phones that wake us up in the morning, the coffee machine that makes us coffee at the push of a button, to the smartphones and internet that make our life easier, all those are using some technology.
Behind most everything we see on the internet—every word, picture, chart, layout, etc.—there is someone who programmed it to look as such to us. So why should you learn to program? Here are some of the reasons.

At its core, computer programming gives you the ability to digitize your ideas. Imagine being able to actually implement any idea that you could think about! You know that idea you have for an awesome app that would go viral once it was released out into the wild. Yeah that one – you could actually create that yourself. Let’s face it, if you are like most people, you might not have a giant pile of cash stashed away to hire somebody to make that app for you because it can get very expensive, very quickly. Even if you had the cash, do you think if Jack Dorsey, who came up with the idea of creating Twitter, if he did not have the ability to code, would Twitter still exist? The answer is probably a resounding “No!”. This is one good reason why you should learn how to program.

While one of the paths to becoming a programmer is to earn a computer science degree, you can still become one without a degree. Many programming jobs don’t require a computer science or an IT degree instead, they’re interested in your coding abilities. This means that even though a degree would be useful and open several doors for you, it isn’t a must.
However, there are other options better than a degree, that could potentially help you land a job. For instance, if you were to graduate from NeoG Camp, it would certainly change your life.

Learning computer programming teaches you to see the problems in the light of solutions. For every problem you may face, you start to brainstorm ideas on how to solve it. Fruitful results that come out of brainstorming and fixing problems will give you a positive outlook, and toughen you up to act on the problem however hard it may be. You become determined to find a way to work out a solution, becoming this way a solution-driven person.

In the world of programming, it is often said that coding is all about solving problems, and computer programs should solve problems for us. Learning programming is more or less coding and determining how to tackle the issues that arise during coding and finding solutions for them. The more you get to solve these problems, the more practical it becomes. You might even start applying this problem-solving mindset in different aspects of your professional life and not only while coding.

“You can have everything in life that you want, if you will just help enough other people get what they want”. – Zig Ziglar

You will only make money when you can solve other people’s problems and help them achieve their dreams. That is effectively what a job actually is by definition. An entrepreneur who starts his own business is also simply trying to help others reach their goals and in turn those others help the entrepreneur reach his or her goal of financial freedom. Since computer programming has problem solving as one of its main reasons for existing, you can imagine that you will be extremely valuable to many people. You will be an asset that they could bring on board in order to help them digitize their million dollar idea. They will be more than happy to pay you a healthy chunk of money when you help them implement their ideas and turn them into a reality.