In 1995, I used to tutor my classmates in a first year computer science course. I noticed that the people I tutored always had a bad attitude towards programmin

In 1995, I used to tutor my classmates in a first year computer science course. I noticed that the people I tutored always had a bad attitude towards programming. I used to hear (and have to deal with) objections like, "this is stupid" or "this is boring"... In retrospect, I don't know why I put up with all of that. I think it was 18 year old Greg's way of meeting girls...:) I wonder if attitude towards programming is responsible for the distribution? Seems to me that people either love programming or loathe it - there isn't a whole lot of middle ground.