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Flak 4 points ago +4 / -0

If you learn logic and the basics of computer engineering, coding at a productive enough level to get a starter job is easy to learn. If you don't have an exceptional grasp of fundamental logic, coding will be an exercise in frustration.

Coding is basically blue collar now with the lexical flexibility of high level languages and essentially unlimited computing power for many commercial applications.

Doing things like embedded devices, 3D rendering engines, designing Boeing airliners with diversity as a priority over airworthiness, those are the old school engineering jobs that are for serious nerds so even bothered to remember things like differential equations or linear algebra.

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thehacker4channel 1 point ago +1 / -0

I appreciate that help. Any tips for a complete idiot on where to get started?

Each time I start again, I feel optimistic, and then get stuck on something like example = example.example

I find it hard to get my brain around stuff like that. I felt accomplished once I figured out what the % operator was doing and the number += 1 incrementation. These things are probably easy for ordinary people.

Anyway, you may not be able to help me. But I do appreciate whatever you might be able to share.