Comments by "" (@brownhorsesoftware3605) on "What Juniors Developers NEED To Do | Trisha Gee On Junior Developers u0026 Learning On The Job" video.

Boy was I lucky to learn programming for 3 months as a trainee at an engineering company. Everyone else had taken that route so getting integrated into a team went smooth like baby's feet. Questions were encouraged and everyone was extremely patient helping folks just out of training learn the ropes.
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@aaronbono4688 I've never had a programming class in my life. My major was English Lit. Even the training course for 370 assembler was an IBM self-directed course. At one point I contemplated getting a degree until a colleague who was going for his Masters (or was it PHD?) in CS told me not to bother. "You already know way more than they do." So I cannot comment on how universities teach CS...
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@aaronbono4688 I think the most important thing for success writing software is the ability and tendency to dive head first into a topic at the drop of a hat and continue diving until you have a grasp of it. I don't know how to teach that.
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@aaronbono4688 Learning how to write for a silicon audience sounds a lot like learning how to write for people.
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