BL> It amuses me when people believe that programmers have to be
 BL> intelligent. It's true, but only as far as it goes. You have to
 BL> be intelligent to read, too... but only smarter than the
 BL> average bear.

 PL> I don't agree with you there. If you are 'below average' and
 PL> you have to struggle to learn to read then are you classified
 PL> as 'intelligent'????? 

  I agree that an idiot can't be a successful programmer (in spite of
evidence to the contrary), but we are arguing over a question of
degree. When people say "programmers have to be intelligent" they
assume it means a genius level IQ, not 100+. They speak of a "computer
genius," or other such rubbish, as if they are speaking of the top 2%
cut of the population. Bill Gates is a "computer genius" never a
dead-lucky businessman.

  Such a fuss is made of intelligence and programming that totally
adequate people of average IQ are dissuaded. For no good reason. In
fact, programmers are below average earners, and justify this by
assuming an intelligence they mostly don't have. Medicine and Law
take a top 2% cut. Doctors and lawyers can claim to be intelligent. 
There is no such cut for Computer Science.

  If you are smarter than the average bear, you will do quite well.
You may even be another Bill Gates.

... FX: signs against the evil eye.

Regards,
Bob
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