From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,52a0bacbcdd2da17 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-15 07:30:06 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!msunews!not-for-mail From: "Chad R. Meiners" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment. Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 10:26:00 -0400 Organization: Michigan State University Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: arctic.cse.msu.edu X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41518 Date: 2003-08-15T10:26:00-04:00 List-Id: "Preben Randhol" wrote in message news:slrnbjp6oi.1ru.randhol+abuse@kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no... > Making software is something everybody can do if they want to. This is false. I have met people that cannot construct software even though they tried very hard to learn how to program. Writing software is an inherently complex task, like mathematics and other problem solving skills. > Just like everybody can paint, but only a > few actually manage to make a living out of it. There are probably more people than you think that make their livings by painting. Remember if you paint houses or cars for a living, you are still painting for a living ;-) (furthermore, the people that hold these jobs rarely do so because they have a 'real talent' at painting a wall)