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minus-squareFizzyOrange@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 day agoRight but it isn’t “the basics of how a computer works” that drives people to learn programming is it? Nobody says “aha, now that I know what Giles and folders are I will become a programmer”. People become programmers for other reasons: They want to make something (e.g. a game). They are naturally interested in computers. Money.
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 hours agoNo, but you need to know the basics of how a computer works to program. And if you are interested in computers, you are going to learn how they work.
Right but it isn’t “the basics of how a computer works” that drives people to learn programming is it?
Nobody says “aha, now that I know what Giles and folders are I will become a programmer”.
People become programmers for other reasons:
No, but you need to know the basics of how a computer works to program. And if you are interested in computers, you are going to learn how they work.