The everyday impression, or at least in pop culture, paints the programmer as a socially reclusive nerd, hunched over his (and it always has to be a he) computer. The reality couldn’t be more different. In this age of technology, millions of people live their lives, unconsciously reliant on the creations of programmers. Some of their creations are mobile apps that can serve many purposes in day to day life: it’s the map that provides the fastest route to your destination, the wallet that lets you pay your tuition regardless of where you are; it allows you to shop for anything and everything under the sun and communicate with your loved ones even when you’re miles away. These apps and computerized systems are made by programmers to serve a need—a desire to improve day to day life. These are people who might spend all their time in front of their computer but the impact they create has the potential to change the world as we know it.