A way of life and thought

Programming is a way of living and thinking, according to Zhang Danli, a 32-year-old software engineer in Beijing.

Zhang, who works for Mtime, a movie portal, said she has felt passion about the subject since she was introduced to it in college. The subject fascinated her so much that she made the difficult transition from majoring in geographic information sciences to software engineering.

"I was simply interested in computer science, and the opportunity to use computers attracted me," she said.