Python Learning

[Marko Rauhamaa]

Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz>:
> Chris Angelico wrote:
>> You do NOT have to go to college before you start creating software.
>> That is also not an opinion; it's a fact backed by a number of proven
>> instances (myself included).
>
> Me, too. I started programming (a tiny homebrew machine) when I was
> about 12 or 13. I was just starting to get exposed to algebra at
> school then.

I thought I had programming covered when I entered college. I wondered
if I'd be wasting my time and just collecting my diploma. However, after
every year I realized I hadn't understood anything the year before.
There was just such a wealth of understanding I never would have been
able to come up with on my own.

Then I graduated and joined the workforce. Since then, I have learned a
thing or two, but I learned more during my first year in college than I
have during the 25 since I left.

What's more, everything I learned in college has been priceless in
practical day-to-day work.


Marko