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Many politicians and policy makers think that anyone can become an engineer of any kind with just a course of a couple months. Good example is the politicians who argue that a high influx of Syrian refugees can solve the lack of available IT and mechanical engineers in the Netherlands. It doesn't matter that they don't speak the language, it doesn't matter that they have no engineering education, it doesn't matter that they don't have any experience. Anyone can do it right?

Being an electrical engineer is just connecting 2 wires, right? Being a programmer is just booting up your text editor, right?

Becoming a good programmer doesn't require a degree but it helps to set a good base for your knowledge. On top of that you need thousands of hours of self teaching.