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Re:Programming Doesn’t Require Talent or Even Passion by 2sk21 on Friday February 10, 2017 @04:19AM (#13614224)
Perhaps there ought to be two axes: competence and interest. You may not need a very high level of competence but you sure do need a high level of interest to stay in this field (I wrote my first program 30+ years ago and still write code every day).
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Re:Programming Doesn’t Require Talent or Even Passion by pjmlp on Friday February 10, 2017 @04:22AM (#13614234)
Congratulations, I find it requires almost a daily fight to avoid being pushed into management positions and being able to keep doing technical stuff.
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Re:Programming Doesn’t Require Talent or Even Passion by 2sk21 on Friday February 10, 2017 @07:43AM (#13614971)
Exactly so :-) It takes real effort to remain technical.
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Re:Programming Doesn’t Require Talent or Even Passion by dagw on Friday February 10, 2017 @05:19AM (#13614412)
But you don't need a high level of interest in programming. Personally I find programming in itself only moderately interesting. It is however the best tool for tackling the problems I find really interesting.
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