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Re:I self-learned to code at 30 by snicker7 on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @02:31PM (#26495079)
And "writing" is still a good skill to have, even if you are not a professional essayist or author.
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Re:I self-learned to code at 30 by klibertp on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @02:55PM (#26495371)
Yes. But writing a letter to friend (or automating your accounting in Excel) differs from writing "War and Peace" (or writing an OS kernel). I think everybody is capable of learning to do the former, but have a really hard time beliving the same for the latter.
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