Prospects for stupid people?

Question

Programming

Good evening. Recently, from terrible idleness, I became interested in coding. I just solve problems on the Internet, for me it is a kind of leisure, entertainment. Some puzzles, due to my mental abilities, I solve for a very long time. It's hard, but damn interesting.
So, I thought: what if I worked in IT (but I don’t plan to work there, since the current job suits me), being to some extent a brake? How will colleagues react to this? Are there any prospects in programming for not very smart, slow people? Or is it that no practice can diminish the lack of gray matter, and such guys are eliminated either at the interview stage or in the process of work?
The question is somewhat rude and not very correct, but I'm really interested. Thanks in advance for your replies.

Answer 1

1. If you really consider yourself stupid, then you should not go anywhere at all.
2. There are always prospects, especially if you are interested. With an increasing number of problems solved and analyzed by you, you will solve similar problems faster and faster. Yes, and further topics will be given to you easily. The main thing is to develop.
Do not miss the opportunity, everything will definitely work out if you really want it.

Answer 2

"Some puzzles, by virtue of my mental abilities, I solve for a very long time. It is difficult, but interesting, damn it." Some problems people have been solving for CENTURIES. Fermat's Theorem is the most famous example.
Stupid and meleny are not the same thing. A quick mind is good - but the Olympiad style of thinking is not in demand everywhere. There are people who do not like to give answers to questions at once - they need to think in a calm atmosphere.
In programming, there is a creative part and there is a handicraft part. The second is more related to accuracy and attentiveness. Each task can be broken down into small subtasks - well, a person with almost any brain will almost always find a job. But... there are tasks that are one-time - and explaining how to do it and showing it means doing the task yourself. So ... I suggest you collect statistics on the IQ of programmers. )))

Answer 3

Professional development is a craft. You don't need to think much.
But laziness can get in the way a lot.

Answer 4

They will suffer a little (3-4 months) and fire them. A person is a hired employee who solves problems for money. Not solved - not needed. No one will label. They will even shake your hand at a meeting and congratulate you on the new year. But you won't work together. On programming, the world did not converge like a wedge.

Answer 5

Listen, but the man at the plant worked in the USSR. And he was an engineer. Developed, designed details, drew. But he was not very smart and fast. It so happened that he was able to finish the university, but at work he is really stupid. How do you think they will treat him?
And what do you think, after 10 years of the same type of work, he will also be stupid?
How is programming different from any job? The only thing is that you need to think more there (than, for example, in marketing) and think differently. Just train your thinking in a different path and that's it.
And laziness or lack of time interferes with any work.

Answer 6

so you need to be in charge then.

Answer 7

I do not plan to work there, as the current work suits

There is no point. It will be a waste of time.
How to you a programmer
If you don't plan on doing it, it's unlikely. Occupational deformation is acquired over a fairly long period of time))
Programming does not make people smarter. Structuring thinking - yes.
Read the article: megamozg.ru/post/10126

Answer 8

Can you explain why you consider yourself a brake? People learn for years, and even those who are already working do it not like in the movies, where the lines of code are typed so quickly that you can barely read them. No, professional programmers also spend time solving problems, thinking about complexities, and making mistakes too. Maybe you are not a brake at all, but an ordinary person.
ps Additional information still would not hurt, suddenly IT really is not yours and it's better to do something else.