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[–] 16410308? ago 

My take is that programming is impossible.

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[–] 16437048? ago 

it requires high linguistic and high logical intelligence, which is indeed a somewhat rare combo. But it's got a mystique around that that isn't entirely deserved, it's like learning anything else.

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[–] 16437079? ago 

But it's got a mystique around that that isn't entirely deserved, it's like learning anything else.

I've often wondered about that mystique thing. I work in an extremely mathematical engineering field, and while many of my coworkers are better at math and smarter than I am, they all struggle with programming stuff that seems brainlet-tier child's play to me.

Even really smart, technical people have a lot of trouble grasping code, so I guess I can see why coding has this mystical aura.

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[–] 16437063? ago 

Learning anything is impossible.

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[–] 16434694? ago 

You need to have an analytic mind that is capable of abstracting real-world problems into the realm of algorithms and data types. Journalists are people-persons; their brains are the polar opposite of the programmer brain.

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[–] 16412504? ago 

It heavily depends on how your brain is structured. Some people pick up a programming language for the first time, everything is logical to them, and they can write medium-sized programs on pure instinct. That requires a certain mix of logical thinking and creativity. If you lack too much in either department, either maths or the arts would be more your thing.

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[–] 16412467? ago 

What's stopping you, anon? Lack of self-discipline? Cause that's my greatest barrier.

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[–] 16416724? ago 

That's exactly what's stopping me from studying programming. I'm so burned out with life itself from all the humiliation and rejection I had to endure throughout my entire life that I'm NEETing it out to the max and my aim is to be as much of a useless parasite as possible - and coding is a useful skill, so that goes out of the window.