Yeah, I have to concur. It's sloppy writing. If the author had focused on, say, three thoughtful ideas on why programming is hard for beginners, along with some

Yeah, I have to concur. It's sloppy writing. If the author had focused on, say, three thoughtful ideas on why programming is hard for beginners, along with some remedies, he might have turned out something of value. Instead, the stretch for hitting the magic linkbait number of 10 gets us a fairly mediocre exploration of an important, interesting topic. Incidentally, the comment thread here turned up some great discussion on why programming is so hard for beginners, so gg, HN.