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Re:Hello world: Shining a light onto the culture of computer... by choonway on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @03:47AM (#19622661)
try teaching. then you would be amazed at the tiny proportion of students able to do that on their own.
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Re:Hello world: Shining a light onto the culture of computer... by frabert on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @04:09AM (#19622747)
Exactly. As someone who has been asked to teach an IT technician friend how to program, it's absolutely not a trivial task. You would think the problem solving skillset of a technician would help, but nope.
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