Ask HN: The purest skills needed to become a programmer?

Re:Ask HN: The purest skills needed to become a programmer? by ramblerman on Monday January 26, 2015 @02:55AM (#8945956)

I think baseline intelligence is required that may or may not be of a moderate to high average. But beyond that you don't get a better programmer by adding intelligence points.

Those young smart developers you speak of have experience too. They've been playing with these tools since they were 13 and love what they do.

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Re:Ask HN: The purest skills needed to become a programmer? by swatow on Monday January 26, 2015 @03:10AM (#8945987)

In my experience you do get a better programmer as you add IQ points. In fact I think that the technical interviews for software companies are in part measuring general intelligence, although in a programming context. As people rightly point out, you are very unlikely to actually need to solve the kinds of problems they ask in these interviews while on the job.

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