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> The entry barrier to programming needs to high! Programming is engineering, it's not something where you throw stuff at the wall and see what sticks and just

> The entry barrier to programming needs to high! Programming is engineering, it's not something where you throw stuff at the wall and see what sticks and just assume that programming languages, browsers and operating systems are made of magical dust. Reading this, made me wish the entry barrier to writing was higher. I mean you should definitely have a copy editor and proof reader to make sure you are not leaving out words (such as “be” in the first sentence). Back when writing first started, you had to get your own clay and cut your own cuneiform stylus and carefully craft your characters and then bake your tablets. Now, any random person on the Internet can write. /s Actually this aspect of programming is what makes it so exciting. There are no gatekeepers. You can throw stuff up against the wall and see what sticks. You are basically limited only by your imagination, creativity, and time in what you build. This low barrier of entry to programming is to be celebrated and we should be working to lower it even further.

bavila 5y ago
I'm not normally one to fuss much over typos, but I similarly found it hard to take the author seriously when he makes a typo in the very same sentence that he attempts to extol the superior intelligence of IT professionals of yore. > In the past IT people, whether we're talking about programmers or something else, where very clever people. If you're going to talk down to people and insult their intelligence, please at least have the good sense to spell "were" correctly.
- the_only_law 5y ago
  > in the very same sentence that he attempts to extol the superior intelligence of IT professionals of yore. Whenever someone tries to express this sort of of thing, I always have to wonder whether these superior professional of yore are pioneers of the industry back in days when commercial commuting was just starting to bud, but it’s always some guys from the mid-late 90s who seem much angrier.

bavila 5y ago

I'm not normally one to fuss much over typos, but I similarly found it hard to take the author seriously when he makes a typo in the very same sentence that he attempts to extol the superior intelligence of IT professionals of yore. > In the past IT people, whether we're talking about programmers or something else, where very clever people. If you're going to talk down to people and insult their intelligence, please at least have the good sense to spell "were" correctly.

the_only_law 5y ago
> in the very same sentence that he attempts to extol the superior intelligence of IT professionals of yore. Whenever someone tries to express this sort of of thing, I always have to wonder whether these superior professional of yore are pioneers of the industry back in days when commercial commuting was just starting to bud, but it’s always some guys from the mid-late 90s who seem much angrier.