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A comment on Ask HN: What are the reasons behind your success as a self-taught programmer?.

Re:Ask HN: What are the reasons behind your success as a sel... by dist1ll on Monday November 07, 2022 @01:36AM (#33501961)
Obsessive curiousity and geniune love for programming. Grit, work ethic and growth mindset follows pretty naturally when you love what you do :)
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Re:Ask HN: What are the reasons behind your success as a sel... by endorphine on Monday November 07, 2022 @02:24AM (#33502325)
Came here to say this. For me it was just obsessive curiosity and loving building stuff with computers, whether it was websites, or trying to code up a virus.
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Re:Ask HN: What are the reasons behind your success as a sel... by wraptile on Monday November 07, 2022 @02:51AM (#33502546)
Computing is such a wonder to me that I couldn't imagine my life without it. This invention fundamentally changed what it is to be human imo and if you can accept and embrace this fact then everything else comes naturally.
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Re:Ask HN: What are the reasons behind your success as a sel... by jacobmartinez3d on Monday November 07, 2022 @03:12AM (#33502725)
“Obsessive curiosity” is a fantastic phrase I failed to mention in my response - 100% agree!
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