[opendomain]

I am sorry - I can not agree with this. A LOT of people think that they want to be developers, but find out it can be very frustrating.

I suggest taking a few courses first to see if you like development.

[peterangular]

I'm not in computational work as a dev, but I would argue that coursework and the how things work in the professional world are two different ballgames. Jumping into the deep-end isn't always bad advice =)

I also agree with you at the same time. Just playing devil's advocate!