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As long they are interested in coding, they can code.

It may take longer if they're not as adept. They can try some strategies to assist coding, such as books, checklists, pair programming, etc.

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Imagine a graph where one axis is how interested you are and the other axis is how quickly you pick it up. There is a diagonal line the separates those that will persist long enough to be a good coder.

This perfectly explains my own reaction/opinion when I started reading the comment that started this subthread.

Worded much better than I could have put it.

It's takes a lot more than interest. Programming requires intelligence. A lot of people are not very intelligent.

If you compare someone with quite a few of the ai bots out there (image recognition, chat bots), you will realize how intelligent they actually are. Every human person is like a super AI machine.

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