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What do you do if you are not a good programmer?
I can learn it, but its always been more rote-memorization of problem patterns. I’m very good at recognizing patterns in math class, rather than having a natural instinct for it. So if you give me an almost identical problem, I can solve it because its the same pattern to solving it, but I have only the barest true understanding of it.
When is a programmer not able to absorb a new system?
When the ‘programmer’ doesn’t seem to be able to absorb the new system, new tool or whatever is being deployed, no matter how the training/education is done. Has to repeat said training on a frequent basis. When the ‘programmer’ only knows the technology or coding paradigm that they used 10 or 15 years ago.
Which is easier, programming checkers or chess game?
And the problems were just never as deep! “here program this checkers or chess game” is so much easier than “hey I need you to modify this massive code base in a very specific way and don’t break anything else without knowing what anything else does!”
Can a programmer get rich working for someone else?
You know the saying that, “you’ll never get rich working for someone else?” I’m pretty sure a programmer invented it. We’re living in a capitalistic society where people with money (capital) hire workers to do stuff for them (labor). Programming is a form of labor.
Are there any programmers that went to school?
It doesn’t work that way. Yes, I can easily build a Facebook app. Yes, many of the founders of tech companies are engineers with tech backgrounds: Bill Gates is an engineer; Larry Page and Sergey Brin (Google) studied engineering in school. The founders of WhatsApp have an engineering background.
Do you cheat to get a programming degree?
I never cheated to get my degree, but the textbook or google was very good at providing pattern examples.
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