At two jobs now I've had a conversation with talented comp sci grads and we all agreed 99% of programming is drudgery and the 1% that requires you to turn off your music and sit in dead silence is rare and still not as challenging as comp sci syllabuses (syllabi?) would suggest.
An unfortunate side-effect is that many people who could have become highly productive mid-level programmers are scared off because they don't know advanced math.
An unfortunate side-effect is that many people who could have become highly productive mid-level programmers are scared off because they don't know advanced math.