Re:Your idea is brilliant, your idea is worthless (2016)
by JKCalhoun on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @10:36AM
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LOL, so often....
I tell them instead, "Great idea, you should learn to program so that you can write it."
While that sounds snarky, I am sincere. I explain to them that is exactly why I am a programmer: I wanted to write my own computer games so badly that I learned programming in order to do it.
I should add, since developing for iOS, now it's "I've got a great idea for an iPhone app!"
I tell them instead, "Great idea, you should learn to program so that you can write it."
While that sounds snarky, I am sincere. I explain to them that is exactly why I am a programmer: I wanted to write my own computer games so badly that I learned programming in order to do it.
I should add, since developing for iOS, now it's "I've got a great idea for an iPhone app!"