On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 1:57 AM, Neil Cerutti <ne...@norwich.edu> wrote: > On 2012-11-16, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 5:00 AM, rh >> <richard_hubb...@lavabit.com> wrote: >>> "How many people think programming skills are inherent?" i.e. >>> that some people are just born with the gift to be good >>> programmers Result: very few hands raised maybe a couple >>> (possibly non-progammers??) >> >> Maybe, but there's definitely something that happens close to >> birth. If your parents give you the name Chris, you're more >> likely to become a geek and a programmer. > > There are people with rare talent who can program in a way that > most others can't, .e.g, Chris Sawyer. But, as Louis Moyse, a > great musician remarked: "Without hard work, talent means > nothing."
Sure, it definitely takes work. You still have to put in your ten thousand hours. I don't know what the connection is, but there do seem to be a LOT of geeky Chrises; in fact, in any mid-length thread here on python-list, you could probably conclude with a "Thanks for the tip, Chris, it works now!" without even bothering to read it. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
