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If you find learning programming boring, then you need a different career.
If you succeed and become proficient an any programming language, that is just the start of "learning about programming" - you will (hopefully) do it for the whole of your working life.
For example, I have been "programming" since the late 1970's, and I'm still learning new things.
But then, the same is true of any task that requires cogitation rather than just brute force. Because if you stop learning - whatever you are doing - then you are at best stagnating, and at worst going backwards.
Learning programming is only boring if you can't be bothered to apply what you are supposed to learn. If you go "this is dull, I'll skip that" then it will be more boring later because you won't have a clue what is going on when things get complicated.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I've learned 
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Learned what?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I learned how to use Google translation
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Congratulations!
Seriously, that's pretty useful. It's not what I'd call a "major achievement" though... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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In fact I was a junior programmer
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OriginalGriff wrote: when things get complicated
How that can be boring! That's the part when things start to be interesting!
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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For you and I, yes - because we understand what it's based on.
But if you've skipped the early stuff it's really bad because you don't know what the heck is going on!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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What is the "early stuff" anyway?
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Everything happens before your morning coffee...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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To drive a car properly you need to know what's going on under the bonnet. Programming is pretty much the same.
I may not last forever but the mess I leave behind certainly will.
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In this case, I think it's "Hello World!" 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I believe you've probably seen him in QA a few times? 
As I grow older I've found that pleasing everyone is impossible but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.
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Possibly under a different user - he has no questions shown under this ID.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I figured the way he was talking he'd be one of your best customers.
As I grow older I've found that pleasing everyone is impossible but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.
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Is it my imagination or are they getting even more helpless and lazy over there?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I don't go there anymore, it's a wasteland and proof there's zombie apocalypse about to happen.
As I grow older I've found that pleasing everyone is impossible but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.
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Quote: How to learn programming?
Programming.
THESE PEOPLE REALLY BOTHER ME!! How can they know what you should do without knowing what you want done?!?!
-- C++ FQA Lite
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An early morning, 'glittering' idea... 
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Just to echo what the others are saying, if you find this boring then it isn't for you
The best programmers I know are the ones whose brains are wired in such a way that things other people find boring, they find fascinating and vice versa
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HomerTheGreat wrote: whose brains are wired
You probably talk about the old version programmers - me brain is wireless!
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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HomerTheGreat wrote: things other people find boring, they find fascinating
Fascinating!
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