• Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.org
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    9 months ago

    That you can just go to a bootcamp, and be good at or naturally suited for it.

    That you can go to college and get a degree, and be good at or naturally suited for it.

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        9 months ago

        But programming is definitely more open to the idea of people just showing up and claiming to know stuff. You wouldn’t trust Steve to build a bridge just because he watched a bunch of engineering videos on YouTube.

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      9 months ago

      Eh, I’m naturally good at it. I got shoved into the programming UIL group in school with absolutely no background in programming and tied for 3rd place.

      But, I really don’t enjoy doing it.