Modern Devs eh....

[doodab]

Not necessarily.. some just have a flair for it I guess, others have to work at it night and day. Granted some of the latter turn out to be very good, but equally a lot still can't write decent code - even if they do know the name of every design pattern in the book.

Everyone with a "flair" or "natural talent" turns out to have developed it by having done a lot of what is called "deliberate practice" starting from a young age. This is true of all sorts of musicians, athletes, writers as well as programmers. The current thinking is that it takes about 10 years of stretching to do something a little bit harder than you have done before to become an expert, although this varies a little from discipline to discipline.

[russell]

Everyone with a "flair" or "natural talent" turns out to have developed it by having done a lot of what is called "deliberate practice" starting from a young age. This is true of all sorts of musicians, athletes, writers as well as programmers. The current thinking is that it takes about 10 years of stretching to do something a little bit harder than you have done before to become an expert, although this varies a little from discipline to discipline.

I agree, look at the best in any field and I can guarantee they don't spent a few hours a day training, if you think tiger woods just woke up one day playing perfect golf then you are dreaming. The best programmers are programming most of their waking day.

[minestrone]

I agree, look at the best in any field and I can guarantee they don't spent a few hours a day training, if you think tiger woods just woke up one day playing perfect golf then you are dreaming. The best programmers are programming most of their waking day.

Cock waggling over how is the best programmer is not what we do here sunshine.

[MarillionFan]

Cock waggling over how is the best programmer is not what we do here sunshine.

Exactly. It's about pwning.

[doodab]

Cock waggling over how is the best programmer is not what we do here sunshine.

How about that?