BigDumbDinosaur wrote:
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When you look at older generations, you notice another striking trend: a comparatively larger proportion started programming between the ages of five and ten. 12.2 percent of those aged between 35 and 44 started programming then.
Hm! THAT is definitely a difference.
Going through college, I saw a lot of "computer information systems" majors. I saw them because I was in their classes, as a math major. And I gotta say, *most* of the folks in there were older and hadn't used computers all that much in their lives. Why then are they CIS majors? Because someone told them the pay was good... Seriously. For the capstone CIS course (which again I took for fun) I was on a team of 6 people, all the rest were CIS majors, and *I* was the lead programmer. In fact, I finished the semester long project in about 2 days. I later revised it to make it just perfect in 3 days. The rest of the semester they were just yellin' at each other about flowcharts and progress reports or something, I didn't pay attention.
This is not to make myself look good, but rather to show them up. Why was a math major more competent then a CIS major? Seriously? Because they were in it for the money. They didn't care *what* they were doing, as long as it made the highest pay check. Similar with a lot of "engineers" that go through our program.
(And then 99% of these folks think they *need* schooling to learn things like computer languages and networking. Wow, really?)
Anyways! That really might make the difference here BDD. Those of you who were doing this back in the day, were doing it as children. Talented and gifted, not yet skilled. Passionate. That's what sets y'all apart.
Chad
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