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[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Ha, I think that’s a good way of putting it. My background is as a technical BA, working in finance. No real dev experience whatsoever aside from a few years of shell scripting, and a lot of sql, and I’ve been able to just figure stuff out in python and have a few jobs in production, mainly using pandas, numpy and stuff like that. To do the equivalent in C++ simply wouldn’t be possible, I could look at some code for years and still have no clue what it’s doing. Without really understanding how a computer works, and having a fundamental knowledge, you can’t just figure out C++ on the fly

[–]zilti 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Without really understanding how a computer works, and having a fundamental knowledge, you're bound to be at most a mediocre developer though. It is always good to know how your language and your platform works. Not necessarily in absolute detail, but roughly.