6 signs you aren't meant to be a programmer

[kestrell]

Kes: I've really been enjoying all the web development courses I've been taking this year, and occasionally flirt with learning a programming language, but then get discouraged when I try to find a course that doesn't use inaccessible interfaces or methods of teaching.

So, I was all ready to take a perverse pleasure in reading this article, positive that I would, by the end, have proof positive that I wasn't meant to learn programming.

Well, damn. They should have just boiled it all down and asked at the beginning: "Are you a Hermione? Well, okay, then, go for it."

Also, I will note here that, if you are looking for tech-related courses on Coursera, the University of Michigan is really committed to making their courses accessible, at least in the two instances I experienced. More about that in a later post.

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Comments

[bibliofile]

Well, damn. They should have just boiled it all down and asked at the beginning: "Are you a Hermione? Well, okay, then, go for it."

Not a programmer, but as a speaker-to-techies, that sounds accurate enough to warrant further exploration. Including the subtextual warning of sexism (being the only girl focused on in a cluster of boys in the plot, etc.) isn't wrong, though it's probably worse IRL.

[kestrell]

Right, and not only is Hermione the only one who does independent research, but she's the one who solves the logic puzzle in the--is it the first book? Yes, the one with the puzzle involving all the bottles. Also, Hermione is the only student we see taking arithmancy (thank you, Alexa, for telling me how to spell that), though I would be interested in seeing how her textbooks explain boolean logic (I nearly misspelled that as booklean logic).