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- From: markh@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Hunk)
- Subject: Re: what skills does a programmer need
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.144822.2733@uwm.edu>
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- Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
- References: <1992Aug17.155545.15339@uwm.edu> <17498@autodesk.COM> <1992Aug19.014720.26150@fulcrum.oz.au>
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 14:48:22 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug19.014720.26150@fulcrum.oz.au> steve@fulcrum.oz.au (Steve Taylor) writes:
- >In <17498@autodesk.COM> dansmith@Autodesk.COM (Daniel Smith) writes:
- >
- >>In <1992Aug17.155545.15339@uwm.edu> markh@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Hunk) writes:
- >
- >>> Learning: the ability to master anything in a short time when required.
- >>> Coding: the ability to write code that is clear and concise.
- >
- >> also Attitude: knowing that just because you've got a degree, that
- >>doesn't mean you can rest on your laurels and stop learning. Keep an open
- >>mind.
- >
- >> Motivation: I've run into too many "programmers" who just got
- >
- >Organisation: Programming is not really hard per se. - writing a small
- >program is something almost anyone can do. Writing an extremely large
- >program is something almost no one can do well.
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- Therefore it behooves us to make large programs small. And that gets us back
- to the clarity and conciseness criterion.
-