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As a final note to this, in my experience most average or poor programmers start programming at university, for their Computer Science course. Most good program
by zjp 2y ago
As a final note to this, in my experience most average or poor programmers start programming at university, for their Computer Science course. Most good programmers started programming long before, and the degree was just a natural continuation of their hobby. If your potential programmer didn’t do any programming before university, and all his experience starts when she got her first job, she’s probably not a good programmer.
This is, frankly, a crock of shit and mostly nerd phallometrics. I can think of no other professional whose childhood experiences I would care about. I don't ask lawyers whether they read case briefs as children, for example. Are you useful, passionate about technology, and willing to improve, right now?
- gregjor 2y agoIt's not a crock of shit, it's borne out by years of experience. Lawyers must attend school to get licensed, and of course no one reads case briefs as children. But good lawyers very likely did show an interest in parallel skills such as logic, rules, justice before they got to law school. No one talked about "children," the comment was about experience before starting university. That includes about 12 years of school, and maybe experimenting at home. I started to learn programming in high school (as did Bill Gates, at around the same time), then continued that interest and study in college. I think you will find that many of the people we consider "good programmers" did indeed start learning to program before entering university, or did it on the side while studying something else. A computer science degree is nice to have but by itself it's not sufficient to get to even "good at programming."