Do you think is neccesary know program computer in new years?

Question

2018

Answer 1

Exactly, @david! What you mentioned I noticed while studying: many people know the syntax of a language, but it fails to solve problems. They stay stuck at a point and do not know how to continue with it

I saw the passage of my studies very pleasant and easy, but I know that there are some people who made a great effort in it (although the most complicated during all that time was that FoxPro did not have that tendency to show error messages without any reason). We all have different capacities and therefore I do not think that programming is something for everyone

PS: I also do not like to use the mouse a lot while developing, I'm a fan of keyboard shortcuts, macros and custom key combinations!

Answer 2

Hi Jorge, I'm not sure I understand the context of your question. Are you asking if it's necessary for you specifically or in general?

For me, as a software developer, it's absolutely necessary to know about programming. However, it's certainly not necessary for the people using products we build.

Answer 3

I think the question is oriented to whether everyone, regardless of their field of work, should learn to program. For me the answer is dependent on the person, and once I mentioned that before I graduated more than half of my classmates dropped out because they discovered they did not like programming

I've heard many people say that programming is for everyone, but after that experience I'm not totally sure about it lol

Answer 4

Mickel... At one time, I was convinced that the best kept secret about software development was how easy it is. When I stumbled upon it way back in 1996, before online documentation and tutorial videos were abundantly available, I thought I discovered something that everyone could pick up on.

As the years went by, I tried mentoring various people interested in getting into this profession. Only 1 out of 10 have stuck with it and are successful in their new career.

What I've come to discover is that I wasn't giving myself enough credit on how my mind was naturally wired for rapidly picking up on abstract conceptual and logical thinking. I did not realize this type of thinking was not natural for everyone.

I've met so many developers who thought they would be cut out for software development, but have severely stagnated in their career because they pretty much peaked with their knowledge after college.

Ultimately, there will be people who make software development look ridiculously easy as they effortlessly and rapidly crank out code faster than most people will be able to write an email response in their native language.

Then, there will be the rest who never get past the syntactical part of programming to focus on the abstract thought process required for constructing classes / interfaces and orchestrating the interaction of that code.

It took me several years to realize that many people did not experience programming the same way people like myself did. They are puzzled to hear that I get frustrated that my fingers have a hard time keeping up with my mind. Yet, my typing output remains fairly consistent and fast.

Most people say it looks like I'm tapping out random characters and switching between many different windows at a speed they simply can't process. When coding, I rarely make use of a mouse, which adds to the visual effect that I've heard people describe.

Yet, for me, I don't really notice my speed and still believe everyone else can do the same.

Answer 5

Software development has been in high demand in the U.S. for as long as I've been programming, which is the past 21 years. I don't see any decrease in demand anytime in the near future. If anything, demand continues to increase year after year. I hope this answer helps.

Answer 6

Apologies if my last post came out as incoherent rambling. It's after 1am here and I'm pretty tired. Time to sleep so I can get up early to see the kids open presents. :)

Answer 7

Hello everyone. I do feel that knowledge of programming is absolutely essential for our society currently and future generations. As a prior college student I obtained an associates degree in Computer Science with an emphasis on security. I quit about a year prior to obtaining my bachelors from pure frustration that many of my professors were unable to guide me and the rest of the students. As a real estate professional of many years I’ve learned the importance to self educate and that’s exactly my plans is to teach myself with the help of this community to program effectively with Python and then branch out from there. I look forward to working with everyone to become more knowledgeable as I have a strong desire to learn and also to teach our son once he is old enough.

Answer 8

ok dont worry my question is all person need something ,do you believe is necesary know programation, in my case for me is good

Answer 9

i know programming more o less but i think is very important for my job