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This sort of demonstrates my point perfectly -- if you look at the most successful people in the world, what percentage would you classify as a "programmer"? An
by trevyn 10y ago
This sort of demonstrates my point perfectly -- if you look at the most successful people in the world, what percentage would you classify as a "programmer"? And of those, how many are actively programming?
TL;DR - If you want to be in the top tier of success, don't take advice from programmers.
- nostrademons 10y agoAmong my most successful people, about 80%. Counting only those who are actively programming it drops to around 50%. It's easy to forget that the definition of success is relative. Someone you consider a success might be considered a miserable failure in life by others.
- emodendroket 10y agoWhat if you don't necessarily want to be "in the top tier of success" but just want to be a successful programmer? Come on.
- swalsh 10y agoActually, come to think of it, 2/3'ds of the successful people I know are actually formally trained accountants who have people skills. Although I think accounting and programming have a similar mindset. If those same people were 20-30 years younger, they might be programmers today.