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Most people that got in to programming outside of going through university got in to it to 'build something', I think I know more of those than I know of the ones that pursued 'programming' as a career.


Exactly. It's a mindset. Programmers think much differently than non-programmers.


> Programmers think much differently than non-programmers.

What, you mean like mathematicians and lawyers and engineers and many others besides?

Really, programmers aren't the only people capable of logical thinking or 'stepwise refinement'.


That's true, the best C programmer I personally know is an electrical engineer by profession.




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