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After the third paragraph, I interpreted the title as "Programming is Not [the Career Choice] for Everybody".


I got that sense as well. Which led me to the ask: so what is the point of this post? To spend many more paragraphs essentially saying what we already know.

Cooking is not for everybody. But we still learn to cook. Mechanics is not for everybody. But I was still out their working on the car yesterday. Politics is not for everybody. But I still vote. Accounting is not for everybody. But I still do my taxes and balance my budget.

It can all be summed up with one sentence: Every job is not for everyone.




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