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Re:More challenging projects every programmer should try by mukwenhac on Monday December 21, 2020 @03:52AM (#25493232)
Being a programmer doesn't mean one is not creative, those two are not mutually exclusive. Not to mention that one can observe a problem that can be fixed by a way they already know too.
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Re:More challenging projects every programmer should try by watwut on Monday December 21, 2020 @06:11AM (#25493852)
Sure but plenty of people are attracted to programming because they are not creative. Pretending that they don't exist or pretending that everyone is great at everything is not accurate.
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Re:More challenging projects every programmer should try by logarhythmic on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @12:42AM (#25503289)
Are engineers creative? Physicists? Mathematicians? I don't know if you have a very narrow definition of creativity or if you seriously think that the people who created all the software that you use everyday are not creative
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Re:More challenging projects every programmer should try by fergie on Monday December 21, 2020 @04:39PM (#25499912)
No. The definition of "creativity" is to have the desire and ability to create new stuff. Many people express their creativity by creating computer programs.
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