Guys, I'm a nerd like you guys. I have a chemical engineering degree. How do I become one of those people who can actually program real world stuff that is cool? Is "just doing it" the only way, with a lot of using Google?
I think programming opens up tonnes of possibilities but I am a lazy and procrastinating person. Is all that Algorithms class / Operating systems class stuff really necessary in the real world? I'd rather not waste my time. I know stuff like loops and booleans. I've a gone through some of SICP and it hasn't given huge insights. It seems like every single real world famous programmer had no degree, while every single famous CS academic didn't do CS, they did maths.
if you don't know, I'm not gonna tell you