Re: Programming or coding?
Use the 80/20 rule.
80% of coding could be done visually with predefined code blocks and objects. Challenging, but ho hum. Code monkeys.
Leaving 20% of coding that needs a dev who can visualize the solution to solve a new situation.
I would rather work on the 20% issues, coming up with new solutions.
I learned to code, then I was able to understand calculus by coding the formulas into a computer and printing (ascii art) the integral, etc. The finer the granularity of the iterations gets a closer approximation of the answer. I could see what was going on. I was math phobic up until that moment.
Later I taught remedial math for a summer to sixth grade boys. One issue was multiplying a four digit number by a three digit number, they were all sure they could not do it. I broke the problem into the smaller steps they could grasp. The ahh moments followed. They had learned basic, general problem solving.
The point being the ability to visualize lower level details matters sometimes.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
