Re:How I Became a Programmer in ~12 Weeks
by vkatluri on Wednesday November 23, 2011 @09:32PM
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It's probably because you scare them. Here are people who have spent several years in school to gain a certificate that shows they know how to program. You may never be a competition to them in the job market but the knowledge that someone spent close to 12 weeks (not even a semester) and was able to land a basic job programming is probably rubbing their sense of entitlement the wrong way. Me personally, I have a M.S. in Computer Science but I work with a group of people, who, with sheer will and hard work, are in much better programming situation than I am. Not everybody gets to, or needs to, write a compiler or an operating system. Most of the applications are crud applications. Just because you are not of Linus Torvald's caliber doesn't mean that you are not a programmer.
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Re:How I Became a Programmer in ~12 Weeks
by cantbecool on Wednesday November 23, 2011 @11:43PM
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I share your sentiment. It's disrupting their entire way of thinking regarding the programming field.
It would be amazing to get to the level of programming enlightenment to be able to create a compiler or kernel, though. That's a goal of mine with-in a decade.
Re:How I Became a Programmer in ~12 Weeks
by jarek on Thursday November 24, 2011 @10:24AM
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I am certain most HN readers who are expressing negative sentiments here and who have spent several years in school feel very threatened by a Django coder.