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Re:The Programming Talent Myth (2015) by Avshalom on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @12:23PM (#16812696)
Is there any particular evidence that working programmers actually have either of those? Or are they just fuzzy-ass words we've made up to convince ourselves there's some hard barrier to the eventual reclassification of programming as "un-skilled labor"?
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Re:The Programming Talent Myth (2015) by EpicEng on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @12:34PM (#16812814)
Not all of them, of course not. Like any profession there is a wide range of talent levels. However, to be _good_ at it I think you need all of these.
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Re:The Programming Talent Myth (2015) by chiefalchemist on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @02:57PM (#16814295)
I can only speak anecdotally. I've seen someone look at a problem and break it down effortlessly, while the rest of the room plays catch up.
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