Software Engineer is one of the fields which had been in demand from the 90s till today. Even in the age of AI, it is still one of the relevant fields. In fact, AI is one of the products built by software engineers.
If you have come to this blog post, then you might also be someone who wants to be a software engineer. And as it is like with every job, you are wondering how a software engineer is motivated to work every day and build all that incredible softwares that is used by the general public.
If that’s the case, then in this blog I will be discussing all the things that motivate me to work as a software engineer in my company.
As a Software Engineer, it is my role to debug the existing code and build new features in the platform that my company is currently working on.
But it sometimes becomes very boring because most of the time I have to debug the code, find the bugs and then resolve it.
Sometimes we don’t particularly work on any new features for a long time, only just debug the already existing features, which could be really boring.
But still, I manage to do that every day through my passion for problem solving, daily workouts (unexpected right!?) and curiosity to learn.
Now, these points might be a little bit ambiguous for you to understand, so let’s dive into each of the points and discuss each of them in detail to let you know exactly how they help me be motivated as a software engineer.
What Will You Learn?
Motivated To Solve New Problems
Software engineers are people who build features, but mainly they are people who are hired to solve a problem through softwares.
As a software engineer, I always find it very much motivating to solve new problems, work on new features and build something new for the platform of my company.
For me, it always motivates me.With the thought that tomorrow we will come up with a new feature, a new problem that I can solve, and for that it also motivates me to learn new skills, new potential technologies we might use.
When you work as a software engineer, it will be expected from you to solve problems for the company through software.
For some of you, this could be one of the most motivating factors that will always give you the power to go on as a software engineer and work on the most mundane tasks to get the most important tasks in future.
The second thing that I do on a daily basis is workout.
Motivated From Stretching Body Daily
Believe me when I say this, working out, meditating and stressing your body will make your body active throughout the day and also give you the power to work on the most boring tasks as well.
On a daily basis I do light workouts like skipping and waiting, lifting weights to stress my body and get active. In the morning I go for a walk that refreshes me to get into work.
I have seen colleagues scrolling on Instagram or Facebook in their free time, which could make you very lethargic and make yourself more and more demotivated, depressed and, lazy.
This is not just for software engineers, even if you are someone different than a software engineer. Because it will create demotivation, depression and will not let you work and be active in your most important tasks.
Second thing that makes me motivated as a software engineer is my motivation to learn something new.
Motivation To Learn Something New
Just a few months before, I was just a freshman who graduated from a tier 3 college. So it was very much natural for me to make many mistakes in my current job, and as I expected, I really did make mistakes in my current job.
And what do you expect when someone makes a mistake in their company related to their job?
Yes, their manager scolds them.I also got a lot of scoldings from my manager.
But still, why can I get motivated every day to work as a software engineer in the same company?
I have the mentality and mindset that I am not perfect. And it is very much natural for me to make mistakes in my job.
And when my manager scolds me, I do not take it as a scolding. Instead I take it as learning.
I take the main points from him and see what are the things I can improve.
It helps me to stay positive, get motivated to work on new things and take their instructions and work on myself to improve daily.
Believe me, you will face the same issue multiple times no matter how good you are because it is very much natural for anybody to make mistakes and when you do, you will get scolded by your seniors.
And that can make you depressed!
To avoid getting overwhelmed by negativity, what can you do?
You can build a mindset to always learn from your mistakes, and believe me when I say, when you accept your mistakes and work on them, it will always feel good about yourself, and it will motivate you to work.
Conclusion
So these are all the three points that you can take from this blog as you’re learning and apply them when you become a software engineer in any company, whether it is a startup or an MNC.
Always remember, no matter what kind of job you’re doing, do it because you like it. Otherwise, no matter what you do, you’ll always get demotivated because what you are doing is something you don’t like, but still doing just for the sake of it.
So if you are becoming a software engineer, then do that only when you like to be a software engineer and know what a software engineer’s life looks like.
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