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> I now have found that I lack the fundamentals of Computer Science, the things every programmer should know: Algo's, Data Structures, Operating Systems an understanding of compilers and being profficient with linux. Sorry, but I'm not proficient at everything of this (especially Linux, maths and algorithms), and still I consider myself a talented coder. I'm very skilled at gluing code together (gluing with skill, not throwing things together). At the end of the day, what matters is whether you can make things work, and nothing else. > OTOH I have given thought about if programming is really for me, I have found that I'm really, really bad at problem solving and "thinking outside of the box" I have come to accept that I'm really not smart. I'm slow, forgetfull, concepts never seem to stick, I have to force myself to not take things for granted, it seems no matter how hard i try I can't look at problems from different perspectives and understand the implications of a particular solution, I'm starting to think I may have a learning dissability, or that is because I lack the basic toolkit for problem solving, but I really think I'm just not very smart. I think that before learning to think out of the box, you should start to live out of the box. Join an acting class, especially one where improvisation is stressed (I recommend you find an acting school which teaches Lecoq's method). Challenge yourself to do things you are bad at (in the beginning, I was very very bad at acting). Try finding similarities between things in different subjects. Read "Neruda's Postman" by Skarmeta to learn what a metaphors are and how to find them. The more different the areas of human activity you'll know, the better you will be at spotting similarities and challenging your ways of doing things. |