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I've always flunked at math; and knowing how intertwined programming is with math, I'm skeptical of my ability to learn how to code. Can someone be too dumb to learn programming? If it helps, I'm mostly interested in learning Common Lisp.

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[-] theComposer@beehaw.org 3 points 11 months ago

I'm glad it worked out for your friend! However, I've got to know, why did they choose to pursue Finance of all things if they didn't like math??

[-] throwawayish@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

Since childhood, they wanted to become the head of a bank; this wish -however- was more rooted in the (childish/immature) association that being at that position should mean that they've made it (monetary-wise). So, they started Finance with the belief that it would be the best step to attain that goal. Furthermore, I believe they had misinformed ideas on what studying Finance was at the time ๐Ÿ˜…,

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