Re: advice


"Randy Howard" <randyhoward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:0001HW.BF3A66F10078B4F2F0407550@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> osmium wrote
> (in article <3nkacgF20e8pU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>):
>
> >
> > I think you are not cut out to be a professional programmer.
>
> Bull. Lots of people procrastinate in college, often because
> some of the assignments are boring as hell, and many obviously
> don't have any real-world application, they're just some stupid
> thing the prof dreamed up to put you through a specific set of
> techniques or algorithms.


-Every- larger program you write is a building block in your library. If
you're not saving and reusing some of that code, you'll never be a
programmer. Every program you write gives you potential tools or materials
for the next program.


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