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I know very little so it is hard to judge for me. I would be impressed by someone with no programming experience who could write a post like this, after three months of study, without a previous math or computer science background.
That author's level isn't necessary to make a living at computer programming.
And (for the avoidance of doubt) that author doesn't in any sense lack "a previous math or computer science background", although he says he's a programming beginner. He's a first-rate physicist and the author of an important book on quantum computing. So I'm not sure what XiXiDu is saying here; that Nielsen's level of insight is what it takes to deserve the label of "programmer"? (No.) Or that Nielsen is a genius? (Maybe, but so what?) Or what?