[benthumb]

What's the difference between coders and the population at large? My thought is that it's the difference of problem granularity/scale/scope. In general, computer programmers are interested in solving bit-based problems, the rest of the population not so much.

That said, my opinion is that 'programming' in the broadest sense is a native capacity of humans and therefore is not special. If you haven't realized by now that algorithms == recipes == best practice methodolgies == etc. you're missing the forest for the trees: programming is systematic problem solving period. C# mavens aren't the only ones who program; we all do.