TL;DR: Smart sibling ahead of the curve told me in 2011 that tech jobs will be the future and naturally I didn’t listen, fast forward to 2016 and my contract job laid me off so I started learning Python (as advised by smart sibling)
I start making all sorts of stupid stuff mostly CLI programs, beginner alg problems. beginner alg console games and so on.
Suddenly I realize I probably know enough to make something real, start slowing learning new things and always think “hmm a real software dev probably does x” and then try x.
Went from CLI stuff to web APIs, then full stack websites, then platform specific gui programs, then learning C++.
And at some point it clicked that this stuff is a lot easier than I thought (I had literally no concept of what programming was before)
I apply for an associates in tech program, just before starting I decide to use Linux to get more familiar with dev technology.
I picked Arch Linux btw, had some issues btw, overcame issues btw and then I landed a job during school as a dev and I kept using Linux as dev.
So it was mostly about getting to understand dev landscape more
I use CachyOS on my desktop (I game), and Arch Linux on laptop (by far the best laptop user experience with tiling wm)
Ive ways hated phones without the 3.5mm and won’t stop even if all phone manufacturers remove it