What kind of Brain do you need to be programmer ?

[Bug Alert]

I suck at math can i still be a programmer ?

My memory is also not so good,
things that i want to remember i can't remember,
and things i dont want to remember i remember, what is up with that!

I also dont like to read books, basicly because i think they are boring.
If a sentence is not interesting i start skipping.

Anyway i dont think i'm stupid, but maybe i should

[nitinsj]

Hi,
Same is the case with me except that my maths is not that bad. But I think to be a good programmer u should have following things,
1. Interest in Programming.
2. Basic Knowledge about How Computer works ?
3. Hard Working.
3. Patience.
4. Logical Thinking.
The list goes on........
But if u have the above basic things then as u go on practicing can become a good programmer.
regards,
nitin.

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[Weiye]

Basically i feel that programming is not really much about telling yourself to memorize the functions. When something becomes a daily routine, it just gets into your mind before you know.

Also, try associating your interest to your programming work. e.g. If you are interested in soccer, perhaps you can try writing a simple soccer game. In the process you may need to refer to books but this time, it is not for a piece of dull programming work, it is because of your interest and also the game.

Chen Weiye
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[bayram]

You say "things i dont want to remember i remember" that means you have already memory to become a good programmer. What you should to do is to get rid of things make you to think of other things rather than programming.
As for 'boring' books, I think they are because you dont understand the subect enough or you dont like it, in other words programming is not your interest (I think so).
There is no stupid man, a man seems to be stupid when he deals with things he dont like to do. Try to approach to programming professionally, try to love math. It is never late to do math!

Bayram (goner).

[VCVCVC]

Hi its great question,
Ha Ha Ha...........As long as u r able to understand the postings in codeguru ,codeproject etc.,I assume u as a good programmer.
According to me, whenever a person enters these sites and tries to learn something or to implement it ,no doubt that he will do his coding well.Becos these sites drives him to do so.
Hope all will accept this without any objection.
Dont worry . Now u r also a programmer.



VCVCVC

[Alex Farber]

Great definition of programmer! I think you can.

[Gabriel Fleseriu]

You are not good in math because you probably never had interest in using some math. If you will want to write a program, something that you really find interesting, and you will really want to code it, and you will need some math, I assure you that you will devorate that "boring books", and you will notice afterwards that you actually don't suck at all - at least not for that particular math chapter.
Math is a tool for us, mortals. The math I know now is exactly that portion I needed to achieve something else. I've learned it on the fly during projects that I had to acomplish, not by reading any books, or writing any math tests in highschool.
You say you have a bad memory. So what? Do you wnat to learn every API function, with parameters and return value? Do you think that makes you better in USING those functions? I doubt.
I think what makes a good programmer is the fact that he loves to code. Anything else comes with practice. So cheer up.

Gabriel.
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And nothing else matters - Metallica
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[jase jennings]

Hi BA,

I suck at math too. Programming for me is about asking the right questions and knowing where to find the right answers. You need bags of patience too.

Forget the books, just dive in and have some fun. Start on an interesting project, not some piece of code to organise and report stock for the Acme Automotbile Company (typical kind of rubbish you get in the classroom).

Sometime's I look at code examples in books or in the application i'm maintaining at work and think jesus i haven't a clue what i'm looking at here, and there's no way i'll ever pick it up. And partly thats the problem, i have not interest in the application i maintain at work, or the technologies outlined in the books i read (mostly com and database stuff ... yawn). If it's not fun, it's not worth doing (that's my motto, not my recommendation)

Pick a project that interests you and go for it. And keep in mind that i develop software for a living ; i'm crap at math, can't remember as far back as what i said in the opening line let alone what code i was looking at on Friday and often find it difficult to grasp concepts that others find pretty straightforward.

My brain is little more than a partially awake grey slush, but in reserve i've got tons of patience and i'm keen to learn ... Oh, and I think like a Vulcan too. That's important ...


Jase

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