Long-held, incorrect programming assumptions [closed]

Answer 1

I believed that creating programs would be exactly like what was taught in class...you sit down with a group of people, go over a problem, come up with a solution, etc. etc. Instead, the real world is "Here is my problem, I need it solved, go" and ten minutes later you get another, leaving you no real time to plan out your solution efficiently.

Answer 2

That private member variables were private to the instance and not the class.

Answer 3

For the longest time I thought that Bad Programming was something that happened on the fringe.. that Doing Things Correctly was the norm. I'm not so naive these days.

Answer 4

That women find computer programmers sexy...

Answer 5

• That the company executives care about the quality of the code.
• That fewer lines is better.

Answer 6

That programming is impossible.

Not kidding, I always thought that programming was some impossible thing to learn, and I always stayed away from it. And when I got near code, I could never understand it.

Then one day I just sat down and read some basic beginner tutorials, and worked my way from there. And today I work as a programmer and I love every minute of it.

To add, I don't think programming is easy, it's a challenge and I love learning more and there is nothing more fun than to solve some programming problem.