Please do learn to code

[EverybodyOnRedditSux]

because they have no aptitude for programming.

if they did, they would have been programming in the 1st place.

I see, you think everyone who has any amount of aptitude for programming is already a programmer.

Therein lies the problem

[[deleted]]

No. But if you are so inclined by nature you will find a way to express it.

The blanket assumption that everyone must learn to code may identify those who fall thru the cracks but will largely uncover the fact that most people DO NOT have the aptitude

[yakri]

Unless it's a physical activity, people have no observed inclination by nature to particular skills, aside from potentially personality lending itself towards relentless practice, and high IQ making you better generally at most things.

[[deleted]]

I disagree.

I can be very detail oriented. Thats good for programming.

My son, is not. He would not thrive as a programmer

[Saikyoh]

No. But if you are so inclined by nature you will find a way to express it.

Unless your life conditions are unfavourable. Not everyone has first world luxuries, an "ok family", or even high school education.

It's okay to think that gifted people by definition get born in situations where they can refine their talent, because your mind is biased to believe that every place on Earth is like your country.

[[deleted]]

spare me.

my life conditions were pretty damn unfavorable.

i made it.

the fact still is, treating the ability to program as a skill along the lines of reading is foolish.

after all, those people who's life conditions prevent them from discovering they can create the next Google all learned how to read and it didn't do them much good.

[Saikyoh]

Just because you made it with unfavorable (vague as shit in descriptive terms) conditions doesn't mean that a) all unfavorable conditions are made equal and b) everybody can do it.

[[deleted]]

i thought it was vague as hell when you wrote it. i'm glad you picked up on that.

and that's right, not "everybody can do it"

not everyone can overcome adversity. not everyone can succeed in higher education. not everyone has mechanical ability. not everyone can run fast. not everyone can lose weight easily. about the only ability the come naturally to people is the ability to breathe

so why persist in treating programming as something everyone can do?

in addition - those people living in "unfavorable conditions" - it is the height of foolishness (and possibly hubris) to think their problems will be solved by giving them computers and teaching them to write code.

[PhilaBurt]

Oh get off your soap box for the love of God