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[-] neo@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

This doesn't account for my many peers who studied compsci with access to computers all their lives and suck at it, or some people who I met who never programmed until compsci and were great at it.

I think comp sci's difficulty parallels math. Lots of people say math is too hard but IMO it's really a matter of effort, or lack of it. Or people lack confidence that they can actually do it and then internalize the belief that they're no good at it. Also, US education sucks. But the key diff between studying math and comp sci is that for many years (and still to this day, really) programming paid extremely well and therefore attracts the gamut of people with genuine interest or talent for it to people who are only in it for the money and couldn't program a fizzbuzz without AI assistance, and everyone between.

[-] buh@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This doesn't account for my many peers who studied compsci with access to computers all their lives and suck at it, or some people who I met who never programmed until compsci and were great at it.

Well sure, mere exposure doesn’t create skill. But the point I’m getting at is that without it it’s harder to get good at programming, and it’s likely increased significantly for people in poorer countries over the last couple decades. So some, maybe not all but enough, gained the ability to learn how to code the way westerners of previous generations were able to.

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