Not All Programmers Are Good | Prime Reacts

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Not all programmers are good. Some programmmers use Javascript, even.

It's almost like there's a... spectrum of skill.

Never heard of these new React frameworks called "Zig" and "Go"

I believe that people from first-world countries forget what it means to earn a living, and that’s why they worry so much about being elite or average. I’m from Argentina, and the only thing that matters to me is improving as much as possible, having food, and a roof over my head

The dark side of talent is when you end up with Ricks that are nightmare to work with and can shut down the productivity of a whole team because they fail to consider anyone but themselves.

Talent exists, but, sometimes you need to put in 200-300 hours in something before you discover you actually have talent in it. Back in school I was friends with this guy that really struggled in Programming 101 but then when it came to 3D programming it just clicked and he created these AMAZING game demos. So, even if you struggle it can still be a hidden talent of yours.

"I always like to say, intelligence is the ability to solve problems. Wisdom is knowing what problem to solve." @12:42. Best quote of the day @ThePrimeTime.

Prime says syntax is a skill issue but even Linus Torvalds has written buggy or unsafe code. If one of the best C programmers in the world can't write safe C, maybe the issue is in the language. It's like saying: "Are you even a real man if you don't shave every morning with a sword while balancing on a monocycle?"

Someone in the comments had the best take around the 12 minute mark. The argument should not be about if programming languages should be designed for “better” programmers, but more around what kind of job they are doing. If you need every single scrap of performance that you can physically squeeze out of a computer, then obviously the “niceties” of Go are going to be a deal breaker, but for everything else, using an unsafe language just because you can and get away with it 95% of the time is irresponsible and conceited. When the software is performance critical, it should probably also be subject to more scrutiny since it is probably important.