Another Brick in the Wall
Dear Readers, I wanted to share a childhood story that shaped the way I approached my summer internship as a programmer. There’s an old story about two bricklayers. Both of them were building the same wall, doing the exact same thing all day — laying brick after brick. But here’s the interesting part: one always looked miserable, and the other was cheerful and full of energy. The construction supervisor, who cared about their well-being, became curious and asked them what they were doing. The first bricklayer sighed and said, “I’m just laying bricks all day.” But the second smiled and said, “I’m building a house.” The second bricklayer saw the bigger picture — he understood how his small task fit into something meaningful. The first one only saw the repetitive work in front of him. During my internship, I applied the same learning. I could look at my job as “just writing code,” or I could see how my code helps the whole software run. When I thought about it that way, I actual...
