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If you believe the end goal is being a billionaire CEO, sure. If you, however, believe the end goal is being a well-rounded programmer, it's irrelevant. In th
by nkozyra 12y ago
If you believe the end goal is being a billionaire CEO, sure.
If you, however, believe the end goal is being a well-rounded programmer, it's irrelevant.
In the context of "I'm learning to program," I think one should look more to objective B than objective A.
- jisaacks 12y agoOr objective c!
- nkozyra 12y agoI deserve that.
- wpietri 12y agoSaying the end goal of being a programmer is being a programmer is ridiculous. The end goal of being a programmer is to make useful things. And you can do that in PHP. Zuckerberg's a billionaire only because he made something that a lot of people get value out of every single day. Further, if being a well-rounded programmer were the goal, then people starting with whatever is fine, because becoming well-rounded means they'll get around to better languages by and by. An I'd add that any programmer who wants to consider themself well-rounded should definitely have used PHP or some equivalently beginner-focused language.
- nkozyra 12y ago> Saying the end goal of being a programmer is being a programmer is ridiculous. Well I didn't say that. Note the not-so-subtle distinction.
- wpietri 12y agoIt's a distinction without a difference. The goal of being a programmer is also not being a well-rounded programmer. It's still tautological.
- nkozyra 12y agoThe "goal" of learning to program can be a myriad things, from simple hobby to being a CEO. If one presumes that the goal in some way hinges on being "good" at programming, then learning good habits is certainly a step on any of the possible paths.