How I Became a Programmer in ~12 Weeks

Re:How I Became a Programmer in ~12 Weeks by tryitnow on Wednesday November 23, 2011 @07:02PM (#3272375)

Those are valid points, but I think they miss the purpose he was driving at. Maybe the title of the article could be different, but that's a minor issue.

Bottomon line: He wanted a job as a developer. He got that job. Success.

You're right though, people do have to learn these other concepts, but first they have to have some money to pay the bills, then they can just knock themselves out learning all about algorithms and data structures.

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Re:How I Became a Programmer in ~12 Weeks by meanJim on Wednesday November 23, 2011 @07:07PM (#3272394)

agreed.

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Re:How I Became a Programmer in ~12 Weeks by enjo on Wednesday November 23, 2011 @07:18PM (#3272421)

Now lets see if he can keep that job... likely knowing basically nothing about what he is doing.

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Re:How I Became a Programmer in ~12 Weeks by DEinspanjer on Wednesday November 23, 2011 @08:06PM (#3272537)

I know from professional experience that he can go from zero to competent very quickly. He will keep that job exactly as long as he wants to unless the company doesn't know how to manage their resources.

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