The secret of programming, and it's greatest challenge, is that the ability to get "good" at it is largely innate. Just like you can't teach people to prove mat

The secret of programming, and it's greatest challenge, is that the ability to get "good" at it is largely innate. Just like you can't teach people to prove math theorems (the ones that one encounters in an elementary college proof class), you can't teach great software engineering. Near anyone can learn to build a javascript app, beyond that, to higher levels of abstraction and complexity, things become murky. It's why large tech companies ignore past experience, it proves nothing. They need to see you use abstractions from memory on the spot to ensure you have the capability. It's not perfect, but nothing is.