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What are the craziest misconceptions you’ve heard about programming from people not familiar with it? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 8 months 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 44 points 8 months ago (14 children)

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

... Yes...patience and interest.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago (9 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.

[–] NeonKnight52@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This is very fair. Math has always come fairly easily to me. So math intuition plays a part in my interest and ability to learn to program.

I think most people, even smart people, assume they couldn't do it though because I'm some kind of genius, which only a few programmers actually are.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Agreed. Few geniuses, it’s mostly driven people with slightly above average intelligence and a good bit of opportunity.

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