[juliangoldsmith]

You can only really think like a programmer by programming. Just keep at it, and you'll get better at it.

I have heard that going through SICP can help you better wrap your head around functional decomposition and that sort of thing, but I haven't gone through yet it myself.

[chpp]

Thanks for the SICP recommendation! Great bed time reading.

I am slowly chiseling away at my 10k hours :)