undefined | Better HN

0 pointseru5mo ago0 comments

That's a big part of it, but far from everything.

0 comments

I'm not really sure - I deliberately stopped there because the concepts related to that field are a part of the language learnings.

eruOP5mo ago

If you are a really big fan of something, you'll get familiar with the lingo, but that doesn't mean you can play StarCraft well or weld or shred your guitar.

That's actually part of why FizzBuzz was so notorious: there were (apparently) plenty of people who could talk the talk about programming and software engineering, but couldn't do FizzBuzz.

awesome_dude5mo ago

You're right, people write code all day long and have no idea what pattern it is that they've just applied.

Having said that, they cannot communicate that that's what they want done, nor can they receive instructions to do something that way.

They really are hand in hand.

eruOP5mo ago

> You're right, people write code all day long and have no idea what pattern it is that they've just applied.

Thanks for agreeing with me, I guess. I was actually making the opposite point:

People who can talk about creating software, but who can't actually create any software.

1 more reply

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

0 comments

awesome_dude5mo ago

I'm not really sure - I deliberately stopped there because the concepts related to that field are a part of the language learnings.

eruOP5mo ago

If you are a really big fan of something, you'll get familiar with the lingo, but that doesn't mean you can play StarCraft well or weld or shred your guitar.

That's actually part of why FizzBuzz was so notorious: there were (apparently) plenty of people who could talk the talk about programming and software engineering, but couldn't do FizzBuzz.

awesome_dude5mo ago

You're right, people write code all day long and have no idea what pattern it is that they've just applied.

Having said that, they cannot communicate that that's what they want done, nor can they receive instructions to do something that way.

They really are hand in hand.

eruOP5mo ago

> You're right, people write code all day long and have no idea what pattern it is that they've just applied.

Thanks for agreeing with me, I guess. I was actually making the opposite point:

People who can talk about creating software, but who can't actually create any software.

1 more reply

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse