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When you need to read or write something, do you call somebody else to do it for you? My point is that programming in the broader sense (giving instructions to
by delian66 14y ago
When you need to read or write something, do you call somebody else to do it for you?
My point is that programming in the broader sense (giving instructions to computers, which they can repeat many times with accuracy later) is a far more general and usefull ability, than for example the ability to do plumbing.
- factorial 14y agoIf you take your average computer user, put him in front of an empty sheet of paper and tell him to put his thoughts on issue X in writing, you will probably find that he or she is not all that adept at this skill, and if you then pull out your trusty copy of, say, Nozick's Anarchy, State and Utopia, ask him to read it and give you a summary of the main argument in about ten pages, he or she will fail miserably as well. Yet, those people somehow manage to get through life. They just have no need for programming skills. Plenty of those people have a hard enough time coping with the UI when the windows have a different arrangement. I once worked in tech support, and one of my highlights was dealing with distressed users who accidentally minimized their Windows 3.1 desktop and had no idea what was going on... Sure, tell those people that they absolutely need to learn how to program.