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What makes a GOOD programmer?

Dale · 2001-11-13T17:08:24

Hi folks. We all know what it takes to be a programmer. A little knowledge, a language, a compiler and a PC. But what does it take to be a GOOD programmer? IE: - Excellent problem-solving? - Good ideas? - Patience? I''m just really curious on this as I''m deciding whether I really DO want to leave PC support for PC programming. Thanks in advance. Dale ----------------------------- Student - "How do I make my first game?" Lecturer - "Based on your marks from your last assessment?"

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Started by Dale November 07, 2001 04:20 PM

39 comments, last by Dale 22 years, 7 months ago

Oluseyi

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November 13, 2001 05:08 PM

quote: Original post by BeerNutts
With ye old 8086 8MHz, I had a 20MB hard-drive, and it cost me 300 bucks (OK, it cost my parents 300 bucks for Christmas; I was 11 years old).

I was 8 when we got that machine. Yeah, Poppa paid.

quote: Then I got a 300 baud modem, and, damn, I got beat for calling all those long distance BBS''s!

Sadly, I didn''t have a modem till I was 15 (and in Germany)...

quote: It sure was fun back then.

The most important thing is how much it taught us - about hardware, about software. Running Microsoft ShowPartner in "yellow-scale" and learning to draw with ZSoft PC Paintbrush 1.0 ... those were the days.

I wanna work for Microsoft!