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Good to know, and something I have told new comers to development/software engineering/computer science repeatedly. If you don't have the good programmer or dev
by nyrulez 12y ago
Good to know, and something I have told new comers to development/software engineering/computer science repeatedly. If you don't have the good programmer or developer gene, no amount of practice is going to make you one. If you are not great today, don't waste your time trying to practice and become one, or waste your money buying books or doing courses. The bitter truth.
- wwweston 12y agoHow would a newcomer know what level of inherent ability they have? Also, while I think it's likely enough that there's a bell curve for ability -- with some outliers on the lower side who would find any improvement approaching competence very difficult, and some on the higher side for whom mastery is easy -- most people can probably get better. Why not try? Particularly if you find it engaging. I'm never going to be a famous musical virtuoso, but I sure enjoy playing the piano and the guitar (and I do it well enough that sometimes people even enjoy listening :).