This is an only slightly related observation, but coding is something you generally have a knack for. Half the kids in my CS classes don't qualify as coders in

This is an only slightly related observation, but coding is something you generally have a knack for. Half the kids in my CS classes don't qualify as coders in my book. If you get to your fourth semester in a CS program, and you've never programmed in anything but Java, you obviously don't have the drive to teach yourself something just because you find it interesting. Back to the topic at hand. With some exceptions, if you haven't taken the plunge and taught yourself how to code by now you probably don't have the interest and drive to get good at it. As I said, there are exceptions. Some people catch the coding bug and off they go. But otherwise, it's just not their thing.