Can Everyone Program?

I think it comes down to motivation. Just like anything else, if you're motivated, you keep learning.

Motivation must be connected to creativity. The creative has to trigger the receptive. If it's the other way around, it won't work.

A large part of programming is being able to break complex problems down into simpler components. That's how you solve the complex problems.

Before you start coding, think about how the problem can be broken into parts, what each parts needs to do, how the parts are connected. You should be able to work back from the solution to the problem, then you can start writing code.

Every fresh developer pass through this problem in the beginning but as they code their logic building skills get better and better. If you will solve problems then your problem solving skills will become better with time. Developing applications is a difficult task. All the experienced developers have one thing in common that they do not give up. Because the issues always arise when developing applications.

It's not talent, it's like anything.

Take learning guitar, some may be natural in picking up the concepts and therefor it seems easier ( natural ) to them, however some of the greatest guitar players have spent years and years to be able to play just 1 of their solo's how it sounds today.

While the natural guy looked up the music/tabs and learns it over a weekend.
( however they did not create the original music )

It's all about practice, and keeping at it.

For programming, for me, it's all about just starting to write the code ( maybe after some pre planning ) breaking the script, looking at the errors and fixing them.

The more you do the more you learn, google everything. Try what people suggest in other threads and tweak if you see a smarter or more efficient or simpler approach.

Done this many times, and sometimes it's the simplest thing that was causing everything to go wrong the whole time. Put it down for a bit, and revisit later.

Or start fresh with a new approach, maybe you can skip the initial problem with a new approach.

I've built myself multiple web apps that will never see the light of day that took 100, 200+ hours to build.

However, today if I were to revisit said web apps, I bet i could do it in half the time, with a smarter approach and more features.

I would never be able to do such things had i not took the valuable time to problem solve on my own.

GoodLuck!

I tried to take an assessment exam for this coding course .(ex Full Stack Academy) I failed miserable. For some of these programming course they only let in the naturally talented for programming.

For those of you that program know sometimes on job interviews they give a complex programming problem to solve and it's not like you can google it or have days to figure it out.

Don't get me wrong I'm not saying I'm going to give up but I realize I don't know if I could make a career out of it.

I dont think everyone is good at programming, you can learn the syntax and functions from books and tutorials but logic can be developed by your own.

Hi,
In the initial stages of programming, we may find it difficult but later practice makes you perfect. One person becomes a good programmer my writing codes even when it goes wrong in the beginning. A program has to split into different parts and each part has to evaluate to obtain an expected result. Studying all the syntax and error free coding is another step. While doing so we should make sure that the errors which occur in each of the parts have to be rectified by ourselves. Also, you can review your codes at times which will bring a good result. Finally, practicing data structures, algorithms and design will help you to improve your skills. Hope this gave you an informative idea.
Thanks you

Programming is both skill and knowledge based. The skill part is the patience and problem solving ability, and is more innate than not. For those of us (myself included) that started programming when we were children, the ability to program is much like playing a musical instrument: you never really lose the ability; though the instrument (language) may change over time, the essence remains the same.

For the rest of the world, who did not start when they were very young, it usually comes down to aptitude, and unfortunately most people just don't have what it takes to be a good programmer. That said, even those without the natural aptitude can make up for it if they just work like dogs to improve. I'm a big fan of the 10,000 hours rule, though it's not hard science, it gives a good idea of the amount of time it takes to truly master a craft.

The web and bookshelves are filled with material and courses suggesting you can become a programmer in a matter of weeks or months, but this is very misleading and frankly disturbing. It also makes it very difficult to hire good people!

Read this if you want to learn how to program:
Teach Yourself Programming in 10 Years

Getting a background in any language is a must. Like wayfarer said, 10K hours of experience is extremely important. More than that, tons of experience in separate languages is often needed. I have over 10,000 hours in each of several languages. Still I doubt I could pass the programming test except for the languages that I'm using today.

That's why I think not everyone can program. It's one thing to write a script and say "hello world", but another to actually develop a complex programming system .

That's why gifted software developer makes lots of money. Saying that keep learning but it be hard press for a less gifted person to make actually career out of it.

I think it's natural talent. I tried to learn coding, but find it hard to learn, so I quit it. Not everyone is good at coding.

I do believe that to be a good programmer you have to have some talent for it, like for anything else. I have met many programmers who could remember any syntax or whatever by memory and still produce really bad work