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psili · 03-21-2009, 02:36 PM

Self taught. Years and years of just doing stuff, plus looking at other people's code.

However, I've learned it's more than just being able to "echo ('Hello world');", or even use and modify currently available code for your own purposes. It's one thing to be able to take examples from a tutorial and make them work; or even tweak them a bit to make them work a bit differently. It's a complete different thing to look at a problem and build a solution for it: using available resources, using custom resources, and especially, debugging.

Egos aside, saying it's easy to be a programmer is like saying it's easy to be a designer. Anyone saying that is full of shit. I know my limits and I know there's always a better solution / someone better; just as I know I can't and shouldn't design even though I've read a couple of design articles and can put shit together in Photoshop / GIMP and turn it out in HTML & CSS.

Sorry... [/rant].

03-21-2009, 02:36 PM
psili Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Loveland, CO Posts: 5,526	Self taught. Years and years of just doing stuff, plus looking at other people's code. However, I've learned it's more than just being able to "echo ('Hello world');", or even use and modify currently available code for your own purposes. It's one thing to be able to take examples from a tutorial and make them work; or even tweak them a bit to make them work a bit differently. It's a complete different thing to look at a problem and build a solution for it: using available resources, using custom resources, and especially, debugging. Egos aside, saying it's easy to be a programmer is like saying it's easy to be a designer. Anyone saying that is full of shit. I know my limits and I know there's always a better solution / someone better; just as I know I can't and shouldn't design even though I've read a couple of design articles and can put shit together in Photoshop / GIMP and turn it out in HTML & CSS. Sorry... [/rant]. __________________ Your post count means nothing.