Mac@programming.dev to Programming@programming.dev · 6 months agoWhat are some common misconceptions about programming that you'd like to debunk?message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some common misconceptions about programming that you'd like to debunk?Mac@programming.dev to Programming@programming.dev · 6 months agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 months agoThat you can just go to a bootcamp, and be good at or naturally suited for it. That you can go to college and get a degree, and be good at or naturally suited for it.
minus-squareShroOmeric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoWell that’s true for every field.
minus-squareAggressivelyPassive@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoBut programming is definitely more open to the idea of people just showing up and claiming to know stuff. You wouldn’t trust Steve to build a bridge just because he watched a bunch of engineering videos on YouTube.
That you can just go to a bootcamp, and be good at or naturally suited for it.
That you can go to college and get a degree, and be good at or naturally suited for it.
Well that’s true for every field.
But programming is definitely more open to the idea of people just showing up and claiming to know stuff. You wouldn’t trust Steve to build a bridge just because he watched a bunch of engineering videos on YouTube.