Related - my friends were discussing the difference between professional bowlers and the really good amateur bowlers. One of theme bowled averaging 160s/170s. A

Related - my friends were discussing the difference between professional bowlers and the really good amateur bowlers. One of theme bowled averaging 160s/170s. An amateur bowler can bowl in the 200s on their home lane but a professional bowler can bowl on the road, in any condition - any oiling pattern. Yes, they have many bowling balls (for the conditions) but the professionals can perform in any situation. And, that is kind of the difference, between the rash of amateur coders and professional coders. Amateur coders (it is great that some of them have never code before) get a thrill from just writing something (the proverbial Hello, World or more) while professional coders can code in the context of a larger system and integrate that code. To code when the conditions aren't so great (e.g. deadlines, pressure, existing architecture).