palladias comments on An attempt at a short no-prerequisite test for programming inclination - Less Wrong

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Comment author: palladias 30 June 2013 12:41:22AM 0 points [-]

I wasn't sure whether to score myself as a moderate programmer or non-programmer. One CS class in college, three in Udacity, read GEB, use algorithmic approaches in day to day life, but not on a computer.

Comment author: ShardPhoenix 30 June 2013 01:35:43AM 1 point [-]

I'd say moderate.

Comment author: Barry_Cotter 30 June 2013 02:21:32PM 2 points [-]

I think there's a category missing between moderate and non-programmer. I got halfway through Eloquent JavaScript and maybe a tenth of the way through Learn Python the Hard Way. I have way, way less exposure to programming than palladias but almost infinitely more than the modal person. I suggest novice/glancing familiarity. I did the poll as moderate.