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You are one of the few senior engineering leaders who think like this! And kudos to you! Wish I had talked to you in the earlier days of me struggling to learn

I think you are talking about the pie chart image in the blog post? I think "programming languages" is the default tag that Wakatime assigns to any file type inside VS Code.

I took the screenshot from my Wakatime account :)

Hi, I am the blog author. This cracked me up! I have to go back and see where I made that goof up! :D But yeah you are probably right - I dont think I am the best software developer out there.

I can definitely code just good enough to cobble up a project together.

Just because my painting isn't good enough (yet), am I not a painter? Who awards that distinction? :) Genuine thought experiment ..

You are right! But what is that level when you say that you are a coder now? A software developer? When you graduate from a bootcamp?

When someone hires you? Maybe when someone pays you for an app you built?

For me it was the latter..

Learning to code != learning to run a prod app with real clients.

I can learn to surf without being a professional surfer. So why can't I learn to code without wanting to make a career out of it?

PS I am the original blog author

Heh heh! I like the idea of being in love with the idea of being a businessman! :)

I wish I could tell you I have mental fortitude + hustle. I think I got lucky because I always had people around me who inspired me. I was a product owner / manager / CEO for quite some years who hung out with "techies" all the time.

PS I am the author of the article

Hi! I am the author of that article.

> I don't get how people can spend roughly 3 months learning to code and make a career out of it. Surely they must be lacking in certain core areas of CS.

I kinda agree with you. One usually does NOT make a career in 3 months. But who says you can't? I definitely will fail all coding interviews even now after 1.5 years of practice. But I built a real SaaS app that people are paying for. It's not the best architecture. I am sure it will fail at scale. But hi, fuck it, I built something of real value.

The title is a bit clickbaity - but still true. Anyone can learn coding, no matter the age.

Hi folks! I am Aditya (author of the article!)

Just got forwarded this by a friend to realise that it's trending here! :D

AMA if you want. Online for next hour.

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