One of the most complex (and most wonderful) aspects of coding is that there is rarely one strict way of coding a particular process. For example, in creating a username and password input form, the end result might look the same across multiple websites, but each developer could have written the code differently. There is no one way to achieve an end goal. Each developer uses their own logic and psychology to work out the process that would make the most sense.
Up until a couple months ago, I thought a career in technology meant sitting behind a computer screen for the majority of your day, speaking to no one (unless it was through the internet) and making a ton of money but not having the time to spend it. Half of you are laughing that I could be so naive to think that, and the other half of you are thinking, “Wait that’s not the case?” — and it is certainly not the case!
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