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by kragen
5594 days ago
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You can't possibly be taking as long as I did; see "my evolution as a programmer": http://lists.canonical.org/pipermail/kragen-tol/2007-March/0... I'm obviously not in a position to evaluate your IQ, but to me you sound pretty average. If you stick with your determination to get better, you'll be better than average in a few years, because most people don't. |
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"Although high general intelligence is common among hackers, it is not the sine qua non one might expect. Another trait is probably even more important: the ability to mentally absorb, retain, and reference large amounts of ‘meaningless’ detail, trusting to later experience to give it context and meaning. A person of merely average analytical intelligence who has this trait can become an effective hacker, but a creative genius who lacks it will swiftly find himself outdistanced by people who routinely upload the contents of thick reference manuals into their brains." (http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/personality.html)