Question 1.) Why do you program, and what attracted you to programming in the first place? I think two things conspired together to push me toward programming. The first thing being that I read a lot of fantasy and Sci-Fi growing up. Probably a lot of the reason for that was the second thing - I grew up in a small town, that is perpetually behind on technology. The school had computers, but only for Oregon Trail, and Operation Frog. The only computer instruction was Keyboarding, where you learned how to touch type (I assume this class was a hold over from mechanical typewriters). So, computers existed, but students weren't really taught how to do anything truly computer specific, and teachers ended up asking a few of the brighter students for help when the computer behaved in unexpected ways. Mix that all together, and what I came to at the time is this: Code is arcane. Programs may as well be magic spells to the technically challenged, and that makes programmers our wizards and sorcerers. Honestly, given the opportunity to be Gandalf, who wouldn't at least give it some serious consideration? Question 2.) Do you see any problems or future problems that could arise within the programmer subculture? Specifically within the subculture? That's difficult to say. There's some tribalism that can be problematic at times. "I use this programming language, it's awesome, and by extension, that makes me awesome." "You use that language? On purpose? Oh, that language is terrible, and you should feel bad." However, I can also render that conversation for a lot of subjects, from game consoles, to car brands, to political parties.