From: Bill Guindon <agorilla@...>
Date: 2006-05-23T06:01:48+09:00
Subject: Re: program writing

On 5/22/06, corey konrad <0011@hush.com> wrote:
> I guess i thought that would just sort of click after i learned a
> language, but i guess that isnt how it works. I didnt really begin
> learning ruby for any reason other than wanting to know how to program.
> I tried getting my first internship doing programming and they said they
> wanted someone with an extensive portfolio of software they have
> developed. I have no idea what software to work on. I have looked at
> some of the open source projects being done and i dont understand what i
> am looking at....yet i understood the exercises form the book i was
> learning from which went over the syntax and key words etc. Its pretty
> confusing its almost like you have to run a program and try to figure
> out wht part of a program is doing what even after you know a language.
> Programming languages are pretty small things but what you can do with
> them is amazing. Just a few words and some syntax rules and you can
> build entire operating systems and video games etc. I just thought it
> would be a more flowing process i guess. Like ok i am going to sit down
> and write a music player all of my own or something but it doesnt work
> that way, i think it would take me like a year to make something like
> that if not longer. I think my expectations of programming were a bit
> unrealistic.
>

Possibly.  I blame the book stores:
http://www.norvig.com/21-days.html

-- 
Bill Guindon (aka aGorilla)
The best answer to most questions is "it depends".