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Re:Ask HN: Not smart enough to a programmer, where to take m... by b3kart on Sunday April 26, 2020 @06:11PM (#22990722)
> Programming as a career is rarely fulfilling to anyone.

I think this is unnecessarily controversial. "Rarely to anyone" needs evidence. Plenty of happy programmers around.

I get your (or Zed Shaw's?) point though. There's nothing wrong with wanting to be a programmer, but programming for the sake of programming is a fast way to get bored or to burn out. Programming is a tool. It doesn't hold inherent value without being applied to a particular problem. So find problems that you would like solved, or at least find out what sort of problems you enjoy solving.

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Re:Ask HN: Not smart enough to a programmer, where to take m... by cschep on Sunday April 26, 2020 @09:04PM (#22991918)
I definitely should have clarified my statement further as I agree with yours and you seem to disagree with mine. Let's go with yours.

"... programming for the sake of programming is a fast way to get bored or to burn out."

That's exactly right.

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