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Exactly. This is also why programming is the only adult professional skill which is regularly self-taught by, say, nine-year-olds.
by hugh3 16y ago
Exactly. This is also why programming is the only adult professional skill which is regularly self-taught by, say, nine-year-olds.
- NEPatriot 16y agoWhat about painting? Or any art form?
- hugh3 16y agoHmm, good point. Painting is, likewise, a field where it's easy to try new things and figure out on your own whether they work or not.
- sown 16y agoMost 9 year olds don't know about chiaroscuro in the same way most 9 year old programmers don't know about compiler theory. I think at the undergraduate level a lot of what they teach won't get you hired if you know it but will get you fired if it turns out you don't.
- tewks 16y agoThere's is a distinction between a professional skill like programming and an artistic skill like painting, which could perhaps be expressed through demand levels and commoditization. Programming is easier to commoditize than painting. Painting ceased being a professional skill in relatively high demand upon the advent of the camera. The individuality of the painter became even more important during impressionism.
- NEPatriot 16y agoI would say that in creating something one's skills are almost irrelevant. Does it matter the skill of the creator if the art is beautiful or the application just works?
- liedra 16y agoI think a lot of things are self-taught by nine-year-olds: the basics of engineering (I know a nine year old who built a potato gun!), sports, arts and crafts, networking, animal care, and these are just the things off the top of my head :)