8 Programmers Who Changed The World For The Better

Derick David
7 min readDec 8, 2021
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What would we do without all the technology all around us? We might as well live in an apocalyptic world scenario. Okay, it’s a little bit extreme, but imagine right now how would the world look like without your iPhone, Internet, and computer.

Scary right? It’s like being back in the caveman days.

There are many problems we have faced through centuries and programming makes it possible to create a way forward and solve these problems, through the creation of software, apps, and algorithms.

When I was younger, I wanted to become a programmer and I was heavily influenced by Mark Zuckerberg, especially when I watched his portrayal in the movie The Social Network.

I’m fascinated by the idea of changing the world by simply typing code on your computer, from your bedroom. You can solve problems and you can help people.

Without the help of programming, we wouldn’t have curbed various problems like instant messaging like iMessage or WhatsApp, spreading of information through social media like Facebook or Twitter, online banking, food delivery, and many more.

For example, in the past, most people find it difficult to get transportation to specific places which makes it difficult for most to get to where they’re going too, programmers have…

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Derick David

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