"Programming" is one of the words used to describe the abuse I experienced in the aftermath that has always made me feel crazy. I know the rationale for this, and it makes sense to me. Nevertheless, it totally irks me every time I hear it. I am not a robot after all.
As a result, learning to program the way healthy, honest people do for a living is something I would have never thought was possible for me. Whenever I would hear about the subject, I just get super defensive, which creates a mental wall that prevents me from hearing what anyone has to say.
Although, when I was 19, I read the Bible cover-to-cover for the first time. Of the many verses that stood out to me was Romans 8:28.
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
I have a somewhat stubborn belief that this verse applies to everything, including the way I respond to the subject of programming. God can works this together for good too.
So I have been learning to program for about two years now because of this. I have been exposed to various web development languages. I have worked with Java a little bit.
I am going to start learning some Python next. Who knows, I might become a great programmer one day, which would be incredibly ironic.
