I write software … I have done so for many years, and I’m pretty good at it.
I wrote my first software program when I was 10 years old. It was written in BASIC and was part of a science project I was working on. The challenge was to classify an insect based on a set of Yes / No questions prompted to the user. It worked, it was fun, and I was hooked …
Some 30 years later I still enjoy writing software … and now I make money doing so … Image may be NSFW.
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For the past 15 years, I have been writing software and marketing it and selling it as shareware or trialware. (See the FAQ posting on What is Shareware ?)
During that time I have learned a lot. There have been many successes and there have also been failures. In my opinion it is good to fail from time to time. It means you have tried things. If we never failed and only succeeded at everything we did then we would have to question whether we could have done more … did I try hard enough on that one ? What if I had risked a little bit more … tried something out of my comfort zone.
So … yes … I’m quite willing to admit some failures on my journey through the world of writing software and selling it on the internet.
That journey is an ongoing one, and it’s time to share some of the successes and failures with you. A quick bit of organisation on this site :
- Postings such as this one are categorized as Musings
- There will be FAQs, How To articles as well as Technical articles
Feel free to comment and ask questions …
