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Re:9th Grade Girls Soldering by sp332 on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @05:33PM (#8039161)
But do 120+ IQ people dominate computer programming?
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Re:9th Grade Girls Soldering by drz on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @05:40PM (#8039208)
You're not going to do well in computer programming unless you can reason abstractly.
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Re:9th Grade Girls Soldering by sp332 on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @05:42PM (#8039231)
You make this statement with no evidence.
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Re:9th Grade Girls Soldering by drz on Wednesday July 16, 2014 @06:57AM (#8041443)
Programming is abstract reasoning. Apart from some syntax memorization, there's nothing more to it. Even design patterns are optional, and can be independently discovered.
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