How to help a person form the mind of a programmer?

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globuser2015-01-31 16:58:44

Programming

globuser, 2015-01-31 16:58:44

A person who is quite adequate, with a mathematical mindset, logician, analyst, broad-minded, even knows the basics of programming languages, knows how to solve various problems, test software, invent and think innovative things! Type - like a programmer could be?
But no...
So he asks how to become a programmer and generally form the thinking of a programmer?
He, as he says, is catastrophically afraid of large pieces of code, afraid of inventing algorithms, afraid of thinking with functions, afraid of recursion, just some kind of kodophobia, algorithmophobia, programmerphobia ....
Has anyone come across something like this? He does not work in the field of programming, but he would like to go there, start earning a living by code. Maybe it's a psychological problem in a person? Or what?
How can you help him? cure? Teach? Introduce programmer thinking into your thoughts... how?
We will carefully listen to the opinions of everyone ...
Thank you

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Vladimir Rebrov, 2015-01-31
@Rebroff

Oh, how many more subtle psychological definitions and beautiful verbal forms will be invented to describe a common phenomenon - banal human laziness! :)

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Alexey Yakhnenko, 2015-01-31
@ayahnenko

perhaps you should consult a psychologist and work with fears.

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Crash, 2015-01-31
@Bandicoot

Such thinking is formed in real work. You have to try and try first. If it doesn't work at all, then leave this thing and switch to something else.

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vasIvas, 2015-01-31
@vasIvas

Stop calling this person "not a programmer"! It is you who are making him "not a programmer"!
It was a kind of introduction that was supposed to produce an effect - "a person is what we see in him" and if you want to see him as a programmer - "let him become such first of all with you."
Well, in general, who said that his approach is wrong? the one who once acted not "like him" and now believes that everyone is not "like him" is not like that?
Recursion and other troubles are evil and God forbid that it was he who managed to abandon them altogether. Programming is not only about algorithms and ... what about functions? ... and boring, programming is fun and every day something new. And there are algorithms, but very rarely, and even then once in a lifetime,

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Egor Kazantsev, 2015-01-31
@saintbyte

It's all right to be afraid of large pieces of code ... they usually slip them in and say: "debug the stsuko quickly" ... And large pieces of code are shit in most cases (the problem is that people don't believe in it).
Algorithms to come up with - what for should I write my own sorting if there are already 100500 libraries and in general how is code reuse.
It is also quite normal to be afraid of recursion, because the algorithms with it are rather confusing and do not fit well in the brain.
The main thing is to understand the imperfection of your brain in the first place and not complete it ... but society puts pressure on us.

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Sergey, 2015-01-31
@begemot_sun

It's like speaking English. When there is no practice, there is no conversation.