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Learning to program is like learning to oil paint... most don't' do the art justice. That being said, I whole heartedly agree with **4**... if I do something twice I'm annoyed. If I do it 3 times I'm down right pissed off a computer didn't do it the last two times for me. Programming = automation = facilitation. I shouldn't have to do math (though I can do math with the best of them) and I sure as shit shouldn't have to do math twice... When I code the objective is the computer is my bitch and it works for me...
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I think you touch on an important point here: there is the "it provides an income" side to programming but also the art and creative side. The debate of whether everyone should learn to code is a difficult one. I personally don't think everyone *needs* to be able to code, must as much as not everyone *needs* to know plumbing; that said, if you enjoy the learning process, the skill can come in handy even if you only use it for small tasks and not as a source of income.
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In my experience probably only 5% of the CompSci students, undergrade or grad school, really *got it* and were elegant and skilled at writing code or designing an architecture. The rest were just able to functionally regurgitate a learned skill if at all
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The big debate is whether they functionally are unable to *get it* or if they just lack passion, drive and motivation. I'm undecided on whether programmers think differently or are fundamentally "special". I tried to find research on this a while back but couldn't find anything
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