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by jmartinpetersen 4150 days ago
And math, really. Reading proofs is easy, writing your first proofs is really hard. Most people learn by doing, not by watching.
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Yeah, that too. I have a humanities background, but I was always keen on mathematics. I know this is not true for a lot of my peers who studied the arts.

Really makes 'anyone can code' sound more like a marketing slogan than an evidence backed statement. If your math and logic game is weak, you'll have a hard time with anything beyond the most cookie cutter PHP code.