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What inspired a doctor to code? I assume that must have an inspiring story

• jepper 8y ago
  Not really. Picked it up as a child, loved programming and tinkering. Had to choose between computer science and medicine. There are actually lots of things in common, debugging complex systems, building a mental model, abstraction, looking up solutions based on certain hints. Orthopedics is a highly technical field, working with implants, computer surgery, imaging and such so its very useful. Programming trains your problem solving abilities. I really believe everybody should have the opportunity to learn to code.
• j45 8y ago
  Medical students are often the best students from many other faculties or programs in their undergrad that end up in 1 program. An example of this is Bioware, a gaming company was started by doctors.