What does it take to be a genius programmer? I want to be as

>>60648091
Enroll in a university if you can't guide yourself. That's what they're for.

>>60648400
I don't have that much money and I was wondering what people here think I should do

>>60648484
We think you should enroll in a university

>>60648571

that won't make you good

>>60648587
Reading books won't make you good

>>60648091
>What does it take to be a genius programmer?
No social life/gf/family

Read the books, start with small projects in the simpler languages, maybe find some project that interests you and see if you can join up and learn from the other programmers while doing something you like.

op's image isnt complete. for instance: discrete math books (rosen, etc.)

The same you do to become a genius in anything. A passion for what you're doing and dedicating a massive amount of time to it.

>>60648750
This.

I've worked with so many useless fucktards that turn to a book when they don't understand something and struggle hard for months.

>>60648484
Move to Germany and live in three woods. They have free education. All you need to do is learn kindergarten level German.

You'd do it if you really cared, but you don't so you won't.

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>>60648091
How do you read programmer books exactly? Do you copy paste scripts from the book or something? Are they helpful for starters learning python? yes im the new kid.

>>60649062
>>60649120
Yeah I guess working on small projects and having passion helps

>>60649073
Then where's the complete one?

go look at the mit ocw courseware for undergrad ee/cs and figure it out

>>60649383
Have a look for yourself
https://automatetheboringstuff.com/

>>60649383
There's uni courses free online you can enroll in. Edx regularly has one from Harvard, which stress logical thinking. Coursera also has a lot of programming/CS courses.

>>60650384
Is automatetheboringstuff good for beginners?

>>60650434
>Harvard

Derp, meant MIT.

>>60649315
I've actually been thinking about doing this.

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>>60650441
Hmm, I wonder

>>60650487
I mean is it ACTUALLY good

>>60650487
so is that a maybe or what? I'm color-blind and half-dyslexic here, help me out

>>60648091
You need to have divine intellect, then you just kill cia nigger with your car and in the end you have to write a fucken compiler

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>>60650642
Terry pls go

Why is that algorithm book so hyped? It is the driest and most boring text I have ever attempted to read. Fucking clothes labels are more exciting. It's like rubbing toilet paper in your mouth. And its not even that good. Whats the appeal?

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>>60648750
Well, yeah.
You read the book and do the problems I em, anon.
>2017 and not knowing programming requires practice and implementation

>>60651608
>learn programming to break free of standards
>still have to follow standards in standards
ew

>>60649014
This

>>60648091
Fork a commercial-quality opensource project, study it, and try to improve it.

I would say that a great programmer has vast amount of knowledge in both the theoretical and practical space. They generally choose the right platform/tool/pattern/algorithm/optimization for the job, plus they can also explain the intricacies of whatever they choose based on technical, lexical, or mathematical ideas.

>>60649304
How does one improve then? If I just try will I improve? Just would like to know if it is worth it to try to do something that may require more intelligence than I have or every will.

>>60651981
Just program a lot. A good source of programming projects is something that solves some small problem you have.
Books help, but they alone aren't enough. If the book has exercises, do them.