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What are the craziest misconceptions you’ve heard about programming from people not familiar with it? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 years ago by gianni@lemmy.ml to c/programming@programming.dev
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As someone who spends time programming, I of course find myself in conversations with people who aren't as familiar with it. It doesn't happen all the time, but these discussions can lead to people coming up with some pretty wild misconceptions about what programming is and what programmers do.

  • I'm sure many of you have had similar experiences. So, I thought it would be interesting to ask.
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[–] NeonKnight52@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That there's something inherently special about me that makes me able to program....

... Yes...patience and interest.

[–] flumph@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

The things that make me a good programmer:

  1. I read error messages
  2. I put those errors in Google
  3. I read the results that come up

Even among my peers, that gives me a leg up apparently.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Don't underestimate what having the necessary intuitions do engage with mathematics does for you. A significant portion of the population is incapable of that, mostly because we have a very poor way of teaching it as a subject.

[–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Funny you should say that as I was thinking that the idea that math has anything to do with programming is the biggest misconprehension I encounter.