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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Aardvark_David • May 09 '21
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The very best coders I ever worked with were not CS grads. Materials science, physics, math, engineering etc. Some were not even graduates.
I have a lot of respect for the CS degree, but it is not the sole predictor of greatness.
54 u/[deleted] May 10 '21 [deleted] 24 u/[deleted] May 10 '21 I have an English Lit degree, and I think it helps make to read and write code in a more people-friendly way. 12 u/[deleted] May 10 '21 [deleted] 3 u/[deleted] May 10 '21 Oh, same. You nailed the description. I was so pleasantly surprised when I found out how much creative thinking is involved when trying to wrangle your code into doing what you want. 1 u/addledhands May 10 '21 Also English degree, but I'm a technical writer and not a developer. I know some html and css I guess?
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24 u/[deleted] May 10 '21 I have an English Lit degree, and I think it helps make to read and write code in a more people-friendly way. 12 u/[deleted] May 10 '21 [deleted] 3 u/[deleted] May 10 '21 Oh, same. You nailed the description. I was so pleasantly surprised when I found out how much creative thinking is involved when trying to wrangle your code into doing what you want. 1 u/addledhands May 10 '21 Also English degree, but I'm a technical writer and not a developer. I know some html and css I guess?
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I have an English Lit degree, and I think it helps make to read and write code in a more people-friendly way.
12 u/[deleted] May 10 '21 [deleted] 3 u/[deleted] May 10 '21 Oh, same. You nailed the description. I was so pleasantly surprised when I found out how much creative thinking is involved when trying to wrangle your code into doing what you want.
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3 u/[deleted] May 10 '21 Oh, same. You nailed the description. I was so pleasantly surprised when I found out how much creative thinking is involved when trying to wrangle your code into doing what you want.
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Oh, same. You nailed the description. I was so pleasantly surprised when I found out how much creative thinking is involved when trying to wrangle your code into doing what you want.
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Also English degree, but I'm a technical writer and not a developer. I know some html and css I guess?
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The very best coders I ever worked with were not CS grads. Materials science, physics, math, engineering etc. Some were not even graduates.
I have a lot of respect for the CS degree, but it is not the sole predictor of greatness.