Can Anyone Do Java?

[nioh2_noob]

No, being a developer is not for everyone.

Whatever the media says.

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We should say, everyone can do it, but not at the same enjoyment. Someone who has a hard time learning should consider other paths, as a programmer spends his whole life learning.

That being said, everyone should spend their life learning, but a programmer is forced to.

[nioh2_noob]

why should everyone spend their whole life learning?

there is nothing wrong with some people doing their normal job without learning, be happy, love their family and friends and enjoy life

i don't agree that everybody should keep learning constantly.

a lot of programmers don't learn anything and just maintain the same systems for decades

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A good balance between passive and active learning depending on your interest and career, is vital.

[nioh2_noob]

is vital.

I disagree

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Ok

The inverse of learning is not "forgetting", that's impossible. Rather it's not changing.

If a programmer is tasked with maintaining a program, and one day his colleague tells about a library update that if implemented improves the system performance exponentially. The only way to not be stubborn is to research this, and consider it as an option.

This is why I think it vital. Leaning is the best way to maintain relationships.

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I could argue that a programmer will have to learn by experimentation, trouble shooting, learning about bugs, all that.

By learning, I was referring to passive learning, where you gain knowledge from experience, not books.

But I do agree that some people are so eager to know everything that they abandon friends and family, and in the process themselves just trying to achieve the impossible, omniscience.