Comments on: Unexpected Practical Applications of Programming Skills

By: Ben Lobaugh

Ben Lobaugh — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 21:25:56 +0000

In reply to Ahmad Awais. Great example. A lot of fields benefit from the use of programmatic logic. Including heated debates with your siblings ;)

By: Ben Lobaugh

Ben Lobaugh — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 21:24:38 +0000

In reply to Stephen. Hehe, the "lookahead" conditionals has me attempting to anticipate situations before they happen. It drives my wife crazy because she feels I am always 5 steps ahead of her!

By: Ahmad Awais

Ahmad Awais — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 22:02:18 +0000

Good read, Ben!

I cannot help but relate to it, as when I was studying Electrical eng. I used to solve circuit problems with programmatic logic. Not to mention the things which I still comment out as unimportant.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 19:04:28 +0000

While I experienced much of what is described here, I found other programming-related skills to be more deeply ingrained in my subconscious over time. The “if-else” concepts of the old-time Cobol have popped up many times. Another example is that it taught me to be more aware of task prioritization as a result of the “critical path” concepts in basic project management – i.e. the module that has several dependencies must be programmed before one of those dependencies. Sounds logical when you think of it, but time and again I found those basic principles overlooked by people much, much smarter than I.