This is a transplanted answer to a Quora question: https://www.quora.com/Computer-Programming/What-does-it-take-to-be-an-expert-in-computer-programming https:/

This is a transplanted answer to a Quora question: https://www.quora.com/Computer-Programming/What-does-it-take-to-be-an-expert-in-computer-programming https://www.quora.com/Computer-Programming/What-does-it-take... The problem is that in the body of the Quora question, which is omitted in the Forbes transplantation, the asker elaborates that he wants to master C++. Without knowing that, the immediate reference to C++ makes no sense, nor does step #1 saying to "become an expert in computer programming" when that sounds like the exact question itself. It's usually better to post the original article rather than a wrapper article, especially when the wrapper contributes nothing and even confuses matters. Edit: BTW, answerer takes the notion of the value of being full stack and blows it out to include all of computer science, computer engineering, anthropology, sociology, psychology, literature, and poetry. Cute, and maybe entertaining to some, but probably less than truly helpful. Become a Renaissance man as a prerequisite? Sure, and pick up deity status too, ya know, just in case.