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 actually felt excited and proud of what I was doing.

Moral: No matter what you do, always connect it to the bigger picture. That’s where real motivation comes from.