> I joined my last company with very little programming experience... I think you underestimate the bast amount of tacit knowledge it takes to write a simple (

> I joined my last company with very little programming experience... I think you underestimate the bast amount of tacit knowledge it takes to write a simple (yet working and correct) 1-5 KLOC program. That itself requires as prerequisite another bast amount of tacit knowledge on how to operate a computer. It sounds more like you have made the jump from "advanced beginner" to "junior practitioner". That would have been impossible if you did not have a minimum knowledge and skill base to start from.