Programmer is the most fun job in the worldWho says there is no future for a programmer ? On the contrary , there is a wonderful future and promises available to a programmer . What is the evidence ? Please check at Forbes ( www.forbes.com/billionaires/list/ ) how many of the richest businessmen in the world who has a background of programmers and IT world . And please check in CNN Fortune 500 ( money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2011/full_list ) how many companies in the world which has a network of IT-related business .The real issue why many programmers in the world , specifically in Indonesia failed , because they have the wrong perception about how to run this profession into a profitable business and guarantee a good future . I will explain this sentence to reveal a list of mistakes made ​​by programmers who pursue this profession .1 . Considered constantly learning . If the same question is asked of people who have professions outside programmers , whether they are to be successful do not need to keep learning ? No one is sure of the background of non - programmers who would say no . In fact , all the professions in the world demands that everyone wants to be successful must continue to study and learn , it's just that the concept of understanding among programmers continue studying this , taken the wrong way . Where is the mistake ? Many programmers are stuck in the learning process only focus on technical stuff , code , scripts , SQL Statement more sophisticated , secure , and for cool - kerenan alone . Though learning the art of programming is best to understand all aspects of the business in both technical and non - technical . Here are a few things that should be studied by a real programmer . Negotiation , personal -relationship , team-work , and most importantly, trustworthy ( kepercayaaan ) .Do you believe that there is currently no single company in the world that can grow quickly without the help of IT ? All the programmers I 'm sure agree that IT is now required by every company . The next question , then, why many companies are still hesitant to use IT as a support for their company ? And why is it so difficult for programmers to offer IT solutions for companies that?The answer comes from the programmer itself. The facts speak , there are many programmers who can not be trusted and maintained because it has a bad habit and escape from responsibility or doing their job half - half , money - oriented , and so on . Of course there are reasons for why their customers chasing programmer , because the software was at a certain point the system has become the core of a company . When the core -system was stalled for some reason bugs and programming errors , the entire system of the company that became paralyzed . It is used as a reason why the company is so ferret out the programmer . The fact that occur in the business world today , many programmers are vague and leave traces that are difficult to trace .It certainly raises deep trauma in many companies that employ IT personnel . Do not be far away , the same thing is happening in the company where I work . And now , I am required to rebuild the trust to the IT people . Create applications for them , and fully guarantee that these applications will continue to run , and my commitment to the company has not changed .24 Hours Non Stop Thinking . Every profession demands high professionalism . None of the professional workers who stop thinking and menganalisasi results of his work . Hi Programmer , Do not be stupid and Do not be Idealistist ! ! .. If indeed we had a problem , in fact it can always be tricked code . There is always another way to solve the problem even though it is not very efficient manner . Customers , especially non - IT customers did not ever confuse what programming language we use , how sophisticated IDE that we use , may not even be a headache at all of our security code . They have in mind is its input such as this , as it is processed , and the results are expected to be like this .Programmers always thought they were made ​​slaves . This opinion is very, very wrong . Many programmers just smart in the code , even too idealist with all the features that are provided but not smart in negotiating the Scope of Work and work phase by phase . In fact , in a software implementation , this step is very crucial at the beginning of the project. This step must be done before writing the code " I think it is better to tell my personal experience on this matter . Every time meet prospective customers , I learned ( This is a non - technical lessons that I learned the first time ) , the science of marketing . In a presentation to the customer , I tend to hyperbole to explain all the features that can be performed by a software application that I will make . This is solely to make him think that this software will mempemudah their work and in the end agreed . Once the deal , zero step I did was bind the customer to the Down Payment . Still in step zero , I make employment agreement containing the Scope of Work , which agreement contains a processing time , and the features that I 'll make .Please remember , not all the features I described in the beginning of the presentation will be entirely done . Similar ads car , shown is the car with the best and most comprehensive features but in practice sales , divided in classes until the complete standard . The content of the agreement is just a standard feature software with the ultimate goal of this application serves as their expectations beyond the additional features . This important agreement to be signed and used as a reference in the project. So from here , we can start writing code .Over time , customers begin to understand the workings of the application and start to feel the benefits. Here is the crucial point occurs , where customers ranging chatty and started asking other features . Then the Scope of Work , "come into effect" . I certainly do not want to work on features that are not agreed in the Scope of Work . My position is clear . Me and customers have different interests , but the same level of responsibility , the same goals and the same position . There is no reason for them to make me a slave . When the software was completed , the additional features will be additional work to negotiate additional price . Up until this point , case closed .Few paid . Ever think the laws of economics where supplies are plentiful , prices go down ? The same thing also happened to the programmer . Creating a web - application at this time, as easy as people make toothpicks . There are dozens of tools that are fully automated , live clack - click it and websitepun be this . But you taukah that of the hundreds of free and paid tools that are out there , none of which deal with the implementation of automation consulting ? Of course it does not exist because the consultation of non - technical matters that can not be dicodekan and wizard - in - right . Software may be the same , be open-source application , but will never be free consultation and will never be CHEAP .Understand this well programmers , software product should never be used as the same as the person who opened the stall in the market Monday . Software should be used as a service ( service ) . Then , sell all your software applications in the form of service . Taukah you what happens when the software was used in the form of the product sold ? Quite simply , the same as non - products other software , when the product was already archaic , ineffectual or even damaged , the only solution is discarded and replaced with new products that are still good and functioning . If the customer was disappointed with the product then the product is replaced with another . In a business perspective , it means you lose the customer and this is obviously very detrimental .However , what happens when we make software that is sold in the form of services ? That means we 're trying to offer the best solutions and all-out for the customer . You make the customer happy with our service . No need to plug the promotion and massive billboards , because of its promotion of mouth is far more effective than any advertisement . Our service is good by itself will spread to other new customers . Customer satisfaction into everything. Back to the question , is it true that programmers are paid a little ? If the finished product is sold yes , but if sold so service , hmmm .. unlimited income .Conclusion . Jangang you ever doubted your ability to create software . This job does require you to have technical skills and non - technical simultaneously . Professional programmers also requires you to think critically perhaps even more critical than other professions . But , what can I say , this is our world . The world in which we work and do something that we love . It is not surprising , if we do the work we love , money is not always the final destination . There are very deep pleasure , when we make an application used by others . There unequaled beauty , when seen useful application that we build for others . And there is pride , when we make an application that turns out to make other people happy come .This mindset changes is not easy , because most programmers were too idealist in every way . I 've found a lot of programmers with a model like this in the end give up just because of trivial problems , learning problems relentless, pay less , and so on . If only every programmer was thinking practical and tactical , I can assure you all of the things above can be solved easily . Happy coding and enjoy your real life