Name:FaisalAlbellaihi 
Professor:KarenAnewalt
Course:CPSC330
BookReport
“We’realllookingforhappiness.Oncewehaveourbasichumanneedslikefoodand
sheltertakencareof,mostofourgoalsaregearedtowardfindinghappiness”(C.Fowler14).
ChadFowlerisbookwriter,softwaredeveloper.Oneofthegreatbookshewroteis​The
PassionateProgrammer,
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thatwaspublished2009.Thebookwasmoregearedintothe
programmingcareer.ChadissuggestingthatifyouwanttobesuccessfulintheITenvironment
youmusttreatyourcareerasabusiness.Thebookisdividedinto5parts,thosearechoosing
yourmarket,investinginyourproduct,Executing,Marketing…Notjustforsuits,and
maintainingyouredge.Chadexpectingyoutobepassionateaboutprogramminginlearning
differentlanguagesnotjustfromCtoC++,andifyouarenotthatpassionate,thenyouare
probablyinthewrongprofession. 
Likingnewtechnologybutneverlearnedmoreaboutitbecauseitwasneverusedinthe
market?Chadsuggeststhattherearealotofoptionstoinvestyourmoney,onesthatareeither
riskyandhasgoodrewards,oronesthatarenotriskybutitsrewardisnotthatmuch.One
examplethatChadprovidedwasachildlearningtowalkandhowthechildwouldtrytoimpress
thepeoplearoundhim​.
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Chadisimplyingthatexampletohowyoucaninvestinyourcareerby
takingtheriskyrouteinsteadofusingthesaveroute.Thuscanbedonebylearningthenew
technology,whichthenwouldgiveyoutheabilitytomakethenewtechnologyspeaktotheold
technology,whichisaveryimportantskillthatwouldmaketheoldtechnologydiecomfortably.
Knowingthesupplyanddemandsoonercouldgivesyoutheadvantagetogetgood
rewards.WhenHTMLwasfirstintroduceditwasnotascheapasnowtomakeawebpage.
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Chadstatedthatbigcompaniesthatwereabletopaymoreforthepeoplewhowereadvancedin
HTMLandadvancedheremeansthattheyknewthebasicsatthattime.“Everycompany
wantedawebpage,relativelyfewpeopleknewhowtomakethem.Companieswerewillingto
paytopdollarfor‘experienced’webdesigners”(Fowler9).Inresponsetothebigrewardsthat
experiencedwebdesignersget,peoplestartedtolearnHTMLmore,thenthesupplyforweb
designersrosesothereforeitwasveryhardtofindtheartisticsandtheutilitarianswhichthen
droveacompetitionthatthendroppedthepricesdown.Asaresponsetothedropmore
companieswerewillingtotakestepintowebpages.Technicallyhavinglessdemandandmore
supplywillcauseadropinpriceforthatspecificitemandifthereismoredemandthanthe
supplythenthepricewillrise,andthisiswhathappenedwhenmorepeoplewereabletolearn
HTML.ThiscouldberelatedtoChad’spointintakingriskyrouteandthiscanbedoneby
learningmorenewthingsandnottostopatonetechnologyoralanguage.Learningdifferent
languagesisaveryimportantstepthatanyprogrammershouldtake,itisthefirststeptobe
successfulanditsnotjustlearningnewlanguagebutlearningdifferentthingsthatarenotrelated
toprogramming.
Speakingaboutmyself,duringthelast3yearsIhavebeenpassionateaboutGame
Enginesandhowtheywork,duringmyresearchaboutthebestGameenginetheonlythingIwas
abletofindwasUnity3D.Ilikedthatenginebecauseitwaseasytoprogramandrunandtest
yourcode,IneverlookedatotherbecauseIwantedtostayatthetechnologyIknow,inother
wordstheonethatIcanwritecodeinanddothebehaviorIwant.Ididnotwanttotrysomething
complicatedornew,yearslaterIfoundoutthatmoregamedesignersswitchedtoanothergame
enginethatIdidnotwanttotrybecauseoftheirnewwayofcoding.Moreoverthegame
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designerswhoswitchedtothisgameenginewereabletomakemoremoneyduetoitsefficient
waytomakegamesandresourceswereprovidedtoallgamedesigners,thoseresourcescouldbe
eitheracharacterthatisreadytosetuporascriptthatisbeingwrittenforyou,thiswaygame
designershadmoretimetofocusmoreonthegameplayratherthanthecontent.Soasaresponse
Iswitchedtoit,andIlearnedtheirvisualscriptingwhichisbasicallyanotherwayofcoding,but
usevisualnodesandconnectthemtoachieveyourgoal.DuringthetimeIspentusingUnity3DI
hadtolearndifferentlanguagesandtomethisisagoodexperiencethatIhavegainedandwould
givemetheadvantageoverotherslateronmyprogrammingcareer.Alsonottomentionthatthis
iswhatChadsuggestedtodoinyourprogrammingcareer. 
 Moreover,Chadstatesthatyoumustmaintainyouredgebyknowingthenew
technologiesaswellasknowingwhatispromisingandwhatisnot.Thuscanbeachievedby
changing,meaningtotrytoadoptthenewtechnologies.Thisisaveryimportantpointinthe
softwareengineeringcareertobelikethosewhoknewhowtomakeawebpagelongtimeago
whichhadaprettygoodreward.BeforeIreadthisbookIneverthoughtthatprogrammers
wouldneedtoknowvariousthingsinorderforthemtobesuccessful,andthishelpedme
knowingthatinorderformetosucessfulinthisfieldIwouldneedtokeepupwiththenew
technologiesandadoptthenewones.Notonlythat,butalsoasaprogrammerIneedtoknowthe
businessdomain. 
Firstthingpeoplelooksforishappiness.“We’realllookingforhappiness.Oncewehave
ourbasichumanneedslikefoodandsheltertakencareof,mostofourgoalsaregearedtoward
findinghappiness”(Chad).Chadinhisbookreferredtohappinessasanimportantpartforusand
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toachievethisweneedourbasichumanneedsandthisiswhyweshouldlookforagoodcareer.
Tofindagoodcareerweneedbemorepassionateaboutitandlearnthethingsthatwearenot
evenrequiredtolearnabout.InexampleofthisiswhenChadsuggestedthatyouneedtolearn
therulesofthebusinessyouareworkingonevenifitisnotrequiredforyoutolearnandlearn
howvariousthingsworks.
ToconcludeChadstatesthatforustoachievehappiness,weneedtofindagoodcareer
thatprovidesourbasichumanneeds.Tofindthisgoodcareerweneedtodevelopourskillstobe
better,andifwedonottrytoimproveourskillsthenwearenotpassionateandweshould
concludethatweareinthewrongprofession.Chadassumesthatyouarepassionateandlooking
toknoweverysinglething,howthingsworksandtherulesinthebusinessyouareworkingin.
MoreoverChadstatesthatyoumustaskquestionstotheemployees,andthenthinkaboutifyou
wereattheirpositionwhatwouldyouchangeandwhatyouwouldnotchange.Lastlybeing
passionateprogrammerdoesnotonlyneedyoutoswitchfromCtoC++butfromCtoJava. 
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Cited
Fowler,Chad,andChadFowler.​ThePassionateProgrammer:CreatingaRemarkable
CareerinSoftwareDevelopment
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.Raleigh,NC:Pragmatichelf,2009.Print.