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It's not required to be a programmer, much like learning how to drive manual is not required to be a driver. However, if you want someone to pay you the high s
by steven2012 12y ago
It's not required to be a programmer, much like learning how to drive manual is not required to be a driver.
However, if you want someone to pay you the high salary to be a race car driver, then you better know how to drive manual.
There are plenty of positions where people can program and do programming tasks without a great deal of depth of knowledge in terms of programming. And they can make a living doing this.
- moron4hire 12y agoBad analogy, Formula 1 drivers use selectable-gear, automatic transmissions. It's more efficient to have a computer run the clutch.
- rbanffy 12y agoTrue, but a race driver needs the intimate understanding of the dynamics of the car, suspension, engine, transmission, tires and track you start getting when you drive manual and actually feel what the car is doing.
- gh02t 12y agoF1 cars use sequential gearboxes, which aren't the same as automatic (actually, they're different from typical manual transmissions as well). They do have driver-operated clutches, though... actually there's TWO of them, usually the bottom two paddles on the left and right of the wheel. They're only necessary when starting the car from stationary, after that the computer takes over. It's actually notoriously difficult to operate them, if you take a look at this video of Richard Hammond driving an F1 car, he takes several tries to get it moving. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9773pisjCSw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9773pisjCSw Not to mention, there are other types of highly-paid race car drivers.