Tuesday, August 15, 2017

We are not impostors

value of self taught programmers

Last week I found a wonderful article by Roger Pence in IBM Systems magazine.

It started with the title "Your are not an impostor", and continued with the subheading "Self-taught RPG programmers bring valuable skills to enterprise programming teams". As one of those self-taught programmers it caught my eye, and he made some good points about what would make me feel like an impostor, and what I can do to overcome it. It confirmed my opinion that there is a place in every organization for the self-taught and motivated programmers, alongside the formally educated graduates.

You can read the article on IBM Systems online magazine here.

If, like me, that site does not always load, I have placed a copy here (PDF file).

Alas, when I tried to go to the URL given for "The Impostor's Handbook: A primer for self-taught programmers", bit.ly/2ivK5lt, it went to a 404 page not found error page. If you have the correct URL for this page I would be grateful if you would post it in the comments section below.

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4 comments:

  1. GLAugust 15, 2017 at 7:32 AM

    Fortunate that I've always worked with people who willingly share their knowledge. Keeps that 'feeling like an imposter' in check.

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  2. ScottAugust 15, 2017 at 2:51 PM

    Great points, been there, doing that!

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  3. UnknownAugust 15, 2017 at 3:26 PM

    Hi Simon. The correct URL: bit.ly/2ivK5It

    the sixth character is not "l", is "I"

    Regards

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