The biggest life skill I learned from learning computer programming years ago

[Enjoy The DeclineParticipant 1719]

In computer programming, whenever you make a program code, that in itself is a big program to solve usually. For really smart people, they can actually be gifted to solve the whole program code all at once but not everyone is a gifted programmer. So instead of the common programmer dealing the whole program all at once, he/she would instead separate the program code or problem into smaller program code or problems(the terms in c+ or java, it is called methods or functions) and then you would individually solve/design solutions for those small problems or programs in fast spurts. In doing this, the common programmer would never get too overwhelmed in tackling the whole big program code or problem all at once and instead, you would just tackle it in smaller and more organized doses. The reason why I point this out is because you can even apply this as a life skill in everyday life in terms of tackling big problems and turning them into smaller problems, since if you would tackle a big problem head on, you might get overwhelmed in not knowing how to or where to begin. Life is just so much easier to plan when you do things like this, even if all it is is that you need to organize your big house and you do not know where to start because you are too intimidated by doing this huge problem head on all at once. I am sure that programmers like Code Bunker even know this, and I am sure that people like Code Bunker are very good problem solvers just because of this life skill alone.

"Question everything" - Albert Einstein

[FunInTheSunParticipant 8283]

I admire computer programmers. When I was 22 years old, I went to a community college and talked to a career counselor about majoring in computer information systems. The counselor gave me a list of classes to take. I had to complete about 20 classes before transferring to a state university. I spent the afternoon staring at that list of classes. I really felt overwhelmed! I just didn’t know how I was going to ever get a college degree. After about 3 semesters, I quit. I didn’t believe I had enough intelligence and patience to finish all those courses.

Now that I’m older, I wonder if I can still do it. I’m not as easily discouraged. I believe I can get a bachelor’s degree one class at a time. Since I have the rest of my life to live, I may as well spend my remaining years doing something productive. A few classes per semester adds up to a lot of classes over the years. Small steps, daily. For me, that’s how it will get done.

"I saw that there comes a point, in the defeat of any man of virtue, when his own consent is needed for evil to win-and that no manner of injury done to him by others can succeed if he chooses to withhold his consent. I saw that I could put an end to your outrages by pronouncing a single word in my mind. I pronounced it. The word was ‘No.’" (Atlas Shrugged)

[AttonParticipant]

Like shifting 8 tons of iron ingots by hand has to be done in parts.

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