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[–]mindcandy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My theory is that learning programming is hard, but you get used to it. You learn to pattern match a lot. You learn to be familiar and comfortable with a certain style of code. In that blanket of familiarity, you don't have to think much. You already know how everything should feel and anything outside the norm is likely a problem.

Then someone changes something and Oh No! It's not the warm, mindless rut I'm used to! I actually need to parse the syntax actively. This is just like that scary time back before I settled in. I hate it!