Re:Programming is hard
by Alex3917 on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @09:23PM
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Consider that to make the majority of the most successful startups of the last twenty years -- Facebook, AirBnB, Uber, Twitter, Pinterest, etc. -- you don't need much more programming ability than you'd get from a six month boot camp. And that's not just to make an MVP, it's to get them into the tens of millions of dollars of profitability. If that doesn't qualify as easy, it's hard to think of what in life would qualify.
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Re:Programming is hard
by nonameiguess on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @09:31PM
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Five out of however many hundreds of thousands tried doesn't make it easy. It may not take technical mastery, but it still takes luck. Arts aren't necessarily different. Lil Nas X spent a couple hours on a cheap camera with a few friends throwing a video up on TikTok and suddenly has Billboard's top single of all time. I don't want to crap on the guy's talent. His songs are catchy. But he didn't exactly have to cut his teeth at Julliard. But you don't see people saying truckers should learn to sing and dance.