I'm close to getting my PhD in Computer Science. I consider myself a pretty good programmer, and the first time I did any programming, it was my senior year of high school. The first time I really understood code was my freshmen year of college.
When I entered college as a CS major, there were a lot of kids who already had programming experience, and they had an edge. After four years, that edge faded, and what mattered was the individual.
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I'm close to getting my PhD in Computer Science. I consider myself a pretty good programmer, and the first time I did any programming, it was my senior year of high school. The first time I really understood code was my freshmen year of college.
When I entered college as a CS major, there were a lot of kids who already had programming experience, and they had an edge. After four years, that edge faded, and what mattered was the individual.