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I agree. i am a high school student and took my first computer programming
course last semester. I learned a great deal about general programming but
the i still feel that i am not good at understanding other people code
and/or communicating my ideas to other group members.


by the way, i think this was a very good post(s), and people like me can
benefit from such discussions from experienced people

"Roedy Green" <> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 09:54:06 +0200, Jacob <> wrote or
> quoted :
>
> >Succeeding writing
> >some minor programs proves nothing!
>
> This is one of the big problems of school problems. They are all so
> tidy with no distracting irrelevant information, all fully specified,
> all doable in a few pages. Almost nothing in the real world is like
> that.
>
> Some universities do some team projects. Many people have said they
> found that process extremely valuable, to see how it was possible to
> organise a giant project, have it all come together, even when very
> few people understand how it all works overall, and none all the
> details.
>
> The other set of skills you need are political. One egotist in a
> group can bring a team to a standstill.
>
>
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