Some tweets inspiring me so much.
Just take a note here.
Tim Sweeney@2015-04-30-8:17-a.m
By the time I earned my first $19 selling software, I’d spent 8 years and 16,000 hours programming as a hobbyist.
Aras Pranckevicius
Simialar here! I think today it’s somewhat easier, and that’s great thing.
John Carmack
Also similar here, time from VIC-20 to first commercial income. I also thought I had “missed my opportunity” twice.
Tim Sweeney
I actually gave up programming for 9 months when DOOM shipped and I concluded my skills were hopelessly outclassed!
Johan Sjolin
Hah :D Wow, good thing you snapped out of that.
Maciej Miasik
DOOM was a serious kick in the balls for us as well.
Aye Clemmo
So very glad you didn’t stop at that point.
Clout Strife
That’s some motivation right there. Thanks dude.
Maciej Miasik
Similar here - started programming in 1985 and the first commercial game in 1992. You published it. :)
Barnaby Robson
seriously? That’s roughly 5 1/2 hours a day 7 days a week continuously from age 12 to age 20.
Tim Sweeney
Yes.
Raymond Doerr
Sounds about right. I spent 3 years, 12+ hours a day learning to program before I sold my first copy of Retro-Pixel Castles.
mr. waddlesplash
I’ve spent 7-8 years and I-have-no-idea-how-many-hours-at-this-point, and I’ll earn my first money for it this summer:)
Marco Pontone
i’m at CS engineer university and i have to learn programming by my self… 3 years of my life for a paper…
Laura Kerbyson
I am almost embrassed to tell you that my first programming job was to be a full time CS professor. I did it 9 years.
Chris Deleon
Also spent 8 years programming (all games freeware) as a hobbyist before any money was made from it. For my first several professional years nearly all the money made from it went to other people, before I eventually figured out the business hat well enough to sell my own work.
Andrew Scheidecker
It was about 9 years for me from PCjr BASIC to earning money. Then another 6 months to Epic. :)