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Can Anyone Become a Programmer?
another random user writes "A Q&A on Ars Technica asks about an old adage that many programmers stick to: 'It takes a certain type of mind to learn programming, and not everyone can do it.' Users at Stack Exchange are wading in with their answers, but what do Slashdot users think?"
If you are interested in things like girls and personal grooming, you probably don't have the right kind of mind for programming...
Most people also want to have romantic relationships in their lives, so becoming a programmer is a very bad choice for them.
If you had what it takes to be a real programmer, your answer would have been:
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Based on my experience as a professional software developer dealing with many other programmers, I have to say yes! Anyone can become a programmer. You don't even have to learn how to program!
10 as in two, or ten?
I asked but they don't understand what you mean.
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So your specs say that you can only have two tasks running at once? Just swap current state to... oh, I see those are external systems and after you lose connection, reconnecting is a bitch... you might be right.
one could build and consistently apply a mental model of program execution; the other appeared either unable to build a model or to apply one consistently
So..Programmers and Managers.
When Fascism comes to America, it will call itself Anti-Fascism, and tell you to give up your guns.
There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who don't.
That joke ceased being funny, 10 years ago...
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My, that's a frothy spew you're squirting all over /. today! It's obvious you're just yanking everybody's codpiece, with such choice gems as-
You didn't include yourself in the pool of morons you've defined as being programming-capable. It's not hard to deduce that you're not a coder and resent them all, or you ARE one but went to college and resent the rest because they didn't. Either way, your rage outstrips your ability to reason ... which makes clear you're really in the first bucket- not a developer, because you haven't got the patience or intelligence left to rebuild a carburetor.
O lord, bless this thy holy hand grenade, that with it thou mayest blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy.
"Listen up, maggots."
"You are not special."
"You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake."
"You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else."
-Tyler Durden
O lord, bless this thy holy hand grenade, that with it thou mayest blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy.
Actually, there are 10 kinds of people in the world, those who understand binary, those who don't, and those who can't recognize a base-3 joke when the see it.
APK quotes people (including myself) without context and should not be trusted. Just thought you should know.