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The tears of the unglamourous non-coding geek
- angersock 15y agoThe thing here that doesn't make sense to me is the whole notion of "I can't program." Can you write directions? Can you communicate? Can you break a problem down into smaller problems? That's all coding is! There's no magic to it at all! Engineering, systems design, sure, okay, that may be harder. But "coding" is something anyone should be able to do with enough practice.
- satyamdorville 15y agoSure ! Coding without good engineering and system design skills is learnable and reachable. But i can't see them not together in the context : build and launch a new web product. Also there are 2 factors that make a good coder : -Commitment to the practice -Ease to understand & do complex stuffs fast. The lack of the second factor have a big negative impact on the first. Those who can play on both are way more capable than those who only have commitment. But the conclusion of the post is all about that : you have AT LEAST to commit to the practice to work in that industry. I know basic things for example : HTML/CSS, basic PHP, even have done some RoR tutos... but that doesn't help me build all that things that i have in my mind.