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Re:Throwing in the towel on becomming a programmer by dhfjgkrgjg on Friday February 14, 2014 @04:57PM (#7241262)
You are missing what he is really saying. He saw the tools available, liked some aspects of them, was even able to use some of them reasonably compentently.

But, he realised early on that our tools are limited, they have problems, they can be hard work, and he decided they were not for him.

Re:Throwing in the towel on becomming a programmer by sp332 on Friday February 14, 2014 @05:10PM (#7241355)
Who are you replying to?
Re:Throwing in the towel on becomming a programmer by balls187 on Friday February 14, 2014 @05:46PM (#7241568)
Who isn't he replying to?

You see, eventually you realize it's not the spoon that bends, but you yourself.

Re:Throwing in the towel on becomming a programmer by testrun on Friday February 14, 2014 @06:43PM (#7241879)
We have now gone down the rabbit hole.

It is nice down here.