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Arguing that people who don't already code shouldn't code assumes people make perfectly informed career choices based on their pre-determined personal traits.
by richmarr 10y ago
Arguing that people who don't already code shouldn't code assumes people make perfectly informed career choices based on their pre-determined personal traits.
I strongly recommend reading Dweck's work on mindsets to dissuade you of the belief that aptitude for things like Mathematics is a fixed trait rather than something that can be changed.
I think it's also helpful to recognise that the group that are exposed to programming under the right conditions to start of their own accord are a subset (I would posit a small subset) of the people who would be an asset to the industry.
- cocktailpeanuts 10y ago> Arguing that people who don't already code shouldn't code I'm sorry, I'm having hard time finding where I said that. Please do point me to an excerpt.
- richmarr 10y ago> I'm sorry, I'm having hard time finding where I said that. Please do point me to an excerpt. Cool. This (below) was the bit I must have misunderstood. It read as if you were saying that coders naturally find coding, and that people who don't naturally find coding are better off not coding. "People who will code will code even if you don't push them to. And most others, well they have other better things to do in their lives like making art, becoming a scientist, or becoming a doctor."