wedrifid comments on Open Thread: March 2010, part 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wnoise 12 March 2010 03:09:47PM 2 points [-]

Programming is different from medicine. All the good programmers I know have learned their craft on the job. Silas doesn't have to wait and learn without getting paid, his current skill level is already in demand.

I wouldn't say "on the job", necessarily. But it is only learned by programming, not by thinking about programming, attending lectures on programming, etc. Programming for class assignments can count for this.

Well, there is some benefit to reading good code, but you have to already have a reasonable idea what good code is for that to help.