My experience was of spending about ten years writing terrible code, and slowly building up ability. I think I am quite good at it now, but am probably just ki

My experience was of spending about ten years writing terrible code, and slowly building up ability. I think I am quite good at it now, but am probably just kidding myself. A lot of people just give up at the first hurdle. I doubt they lack the ability, just the drive. And if someone starts a CS course and has never tried to code they probably don't have the desire to learn.