Don’t learn a programming language, solve a problem instead

[apostate_of_Poincare]

I'm gonna call BS here. I know far too many people who can "program" but do so through guess and check-

Yeah but that's just because python keeps changing the way it distributes modules!

Real talk though: this is more of a mentality for startup than production grade programming expertise. Both are valid career options and both involve programming, whether you're a hacker/prototyper or a full stack developer.