right. it's nice and maybe flattering that he ascribes these things to learning to program. but "[b]reak problems into sub-problems" and "[a]lways check for edg

right. it's nice and maybe flattering that he ascribes these things to learning to program. but "[b]reak problems into sub-problems" and "[a]lways check for edge cases" are hardly unique to programming - hence why he found them so transferable (the "[m]emoization" one just seems like the first to me). still, it's always nice to see an appreciation for our craft from maybe unlikely sources, and there's no reason not to encourage that as much as possible (just don't force it on people)