What turds have you been asked to polish?

[Gentile]

Rubbish. Effective coding isn't rocket science, it just requires an IQ slightly above average.
As evidenced by how few good coders go on to do more difficult stuff.

...and then of course you get the ones that merely think they are intelligent despite all available evidence to the contrary.

[d000hg]

Unless you tested them Gentile, you can't make the claim the good developers were all very intelligent. Maybe 'smart' is the right word.

[d000hg]

Rubbish. Effective coding isn't rocket science, it just requires an IQ slightly above average.
As evidenced by how few good coders go on to do more difficult stuff.

I reckon you don't have to be a rocket-scientist to be an effective developer. However, I also genuinely think that being smart feeds into ANY job you do. Even in the 'dumb' jobs I did as a student like working in Tesco or pulling pints, you can use your brain to be more efficient and effective. So that would filter through into coding too... you'd see neater solutions instinctively.

[sasguru]

...and then of course you get the ones that merely think they are intelligent despite all available evidence to the contrary.

Quite.

[aussielong]

Rubbish. Effective coding isn't rocket science, it just requires an IQ slightly above average.
As evidenced by how few good coders go on to do more difficult stuff.

As I said, having neat hand writing does not make you Shakespeare , you arrogant narrow minded mental slob.

Which complex software problems have you solved?

Total charlatan. SAS macro editor with A-level maths.

[Gentile]

Unless you tested them Gentile, you can't make the claim the good developers were all very intelligent. Maybe 'smart' is the right word.

And you honestly wonder why people ignore you when 90% of your posts contain wilful pedantry like that, doogie?

[sasguru]

As I said, having neat hand writing does not make you Shakespeare , you arrogant narrow minded mental slob.

Which complex software problems have you solved?

Total charlatan. SAS macro editor with A-level maths.

Thanks for proving my point.
I've solved far more than complex software problems (although I did a bit of that in my time) - I've solved the problem of how to be financially secure at 40.
Now go back to work, you've got a renewal to work for.

[sasguru]

Oh and by the way, I'm about to complete my MSc in maths. Which I did for fun.

[louie]

I'm finding Computer Science to be more and more boring, I am planning to move into Maths or Physics, maybe a PhD and then hit the lecture circuit after a few high impact papers are published.

[sasguru]

I'm finding Computer Science to be more and more boring, I am planning to move into Maths or Physics, maybe a PhD and then hit the lecture circuit after a few high impact papers are published.

Maybe a Nobel AND a Fields along the way, eh?