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I'm a scientist and also a terrible programmer. What's your hypothesis on why this is the case?

• delluminatus 13y ago
  It's simply because most people are terrible programmers, except for programmers.
• danbmil99 13y ago
  Scientists know how smart they are, and assume that programming is mainly about being smart. But it's not -- it's much more of a learned skill to become a really good programmer. It's something you have to focus on and respect as a goal in and of itself, not just something any smart person can muddle through on logic and intuition.