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To add to this, programming also sucks because of how competitive it is. With software it is really all or nothing. Social media, which is one of the major uses of software, is a natural monopoly, because people want to be on the same platform that other people are on. So if you make an alternative to facebook, no one is going to use it. Additionally it makes things easier in general if everyone uses the same software, so if your ambition is to just have a small base of users, it makes things difficult. For example, Luan is not compatible with numpy, so if someone likes or needs to use numpy then switching from Python to Luan would be a problem. Software is probably one of the most unequal fields in existence. The monopolizers get everything, and the average joe's software goes nowhere, so if the average joe wants any success he has to work with the monopolizers, otherwise the code he writes will go in the trash. It is truly one of the most frustrating fields to work in if you are an independent minded person. I envy farmers because if they work independently this does not invalidate their harvest.