Comments for How hard is it to learn programming?

Comment from Mewtwo on 2008-05-31

2008-05-31T18:41:01Z

I dont really leave comments unless my heart's touched by the contents. Leo , you are one of the best advice giver there ever existed . Keep up the great work :)

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Comment from sunday on 2008-01-28

2008-01-28T18:32:06Z

pls mr. leo i want to be a computer programming specifically on oracle and java, so how do i starte? i would be grateful if you assist me, thanks.

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Comment from JohnE on 2007-10-29

2007-10-29T16:53:19Z

Before you commit yourself to a programming career, research the market in your area and find out what skills are in demand and, more importantly, how much they pay. Programming has recently become a much more globalised industry, with lots of major western firms outsourcing their programming work to India, Singapore, Taiwan, Korea and China, all countries that are turning out large numbers of highly technically literate programmers who are prepared to work for significantly lower wages than Western graduates would find acceptable. As Ken B says, a class can teach you the basics but you will have to be prepared to spend many hundreds, even thousands, of hours sat at your computer with textbook and programming exercises before you achieve a marketable level of competance. If you are looking for any reward other than the satisfaction of the job itself, you might consider looking elsewhere.

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Comment from Patricia Van Dusseldorp on 2007-10-29

2007-10-29T16:53:12Z

Experience - that's the BIG score for anyone moving into a computerized technology today because it changes daily! There's 1 year's experience 40 times and there's 40 years of constant learning experiences. Having been in Telecommunications for 40 years, through times spent at the 'cord-board' as an 'operator or central' before there was such a thing as 'direct dial' much less cell phones, up through being on the bleeding edge of 'broadband' to the masses wired and wireless has been a wild ride but experience I've always learned from and continue to learn on a daily basis. It's that constant questioning that keeps your mind and your job satisfaction sharp, fun, and rewarding. Am I a programmer? Not exactly, but I sure do know how to make advanced telecommunications devices perform at their peak. All those devices are just big, medium, small and micro-computers, and dumber than anyone can imagine.

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Comment from Gord Campbell on 2007-10-26

2007-10-27T02:38:24Z

I got a B. Sc. in math in the early '60s. The most useful course I took was a half-course on logic offered by the philosophy department! The course covered three words: "and," "or" and "not."

I learned programming on-the-job at IBM, and the logic was always the easiest part.

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Comment from Hector Torres on 2007-10-22

2007-10-22T23:02:55Z

Thanks Leo for answering my question! I will move forward with my current goal of earning a BS in Computer Science. After reading all you had to say, I think I'd enjoy programming. I think I am a very "logical" person, which is one of the reason I actuallly ENJOY math and have had success in it. Thanks for your time!

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Comment from Ken B on 2007-10-22

2007-10-22T22:46:40Z

You waited until college to start programming? :-)

I think that one of the best ways to learn programming is "just do it". Pick up a book on the language (asking a Usenet group for the particular language, such as comp.lang.c, for a good "intro to programming" book for that language will help narrow the field), sit down at a keyboard, and follow along by doing the exercises.

I started that way with a book called "Basic BASIC" back around 1971 or '72 at the tender age of 10, and I never looked back. (The book is actually still available on places like Amazon. ASIN B000UG34YI.)

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