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Re:What should a striving non-programmer do? by jsjenkins168 on Friday August 24, 2007 @01:08AM (#46059)
Why not just learn to hack? If you start out small and work with bite-sized pieces and good tools, you'll see its not as difficult as you might think. I'm a firm believer any smart person can be good at coding if they are determined.

My advice is to pick up an intro book on Python and start with basic examples. With a little work, you'll be building cool stuff in no time.

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Re:What should a striving non-programmer do? by bootload on Friday August 24, 2007 @09:47PM (#46473)
"... Why not just learn to hack? ..."

"Learning how to hack", Is like trying to get someone with a "junk food diet" to become a "gourmand" by learning how to cook.

Hacking is a mindset and while you can learn to be a hacker ~ http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html I just can't help but think some are born with the hacking gene(s) (if there is any) and some are not.

It goes to the core motivation. Is it just the money? Or it it, hey I can also make money doing this? If you are not into technology, software, building there is always real-estate.

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