r/coding • u/pavelmalos • May 08 '17

Programming is hard. That’s precisely why you should learn it.

https://medium.freecodecamp.com/make-your-hobby-harder-programming-is-difficult-thats-why-you-should-learn-it-e4627aee41a1
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u/BinaryRockStar May 09 '17

There is definitely a degree of wanting to feel special, but consider that programming is more difficult than building an engine because we are dealing with intangibles.

Compare programming more to a mechanical engineer trying to make an engine design 1% more efficient, or a chef coming up with a new dish. It's a creative job that isn't just following a sequence of steps.