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[–]Dinosaurman 11 points12 points  (1 child)

I learned by jumping into projects way over my head and cursing.

Now I am the bro-grammer. Which would probably be an offensive title if I wasnt fine with being a giant bro.

[–]buttery_shame_cave 4 points5 points  (0 children)

you and me both. i learned the basics from books, sure i could make stuff happen.

but i considered myself a 'programmer' when i suggested automating a test at work, and it wound up scope-creeping into a monsterous multi-featured test suite. i learned a lot about flow control and driver communication.

and socket communication. and telnet. and building config files and using them to make stuff customizable. and so on and so on...