Mac@programming.dev to Programming@programming.dev · 1 year agoWhat are some common misconceptions about programming that you'd like to debunk?message-squaremessage-square159fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
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minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoThat 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.
minus-squareAggressivelyPassive@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoBut 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.
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.
Well that’s true for every field.
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.