David Cohen Quotes

And, I think that is actually appropriate because I'm really not the world's best programmer, I think it's a good thing that I'm not touching the code.

Beyond basic mathematical aptitude, the difference between good programmers and great programmers is verbal ability.

Teaching someone to program is like giving them a superpower.

It's something special being able to build a program up.

C++ is designed to allow you to express ideas, but if you don't have ideas or don't have any clue about how to express them, C++ doesn't offer much help.

Learning to write programs stretches your mind, and helps you think better, creates a way of thinking about things that I think is helpful in all domains.

It would've been amazing [to work as programmer]. You're good at numbers, you're good with people, you like to wear shorts in the summertime.

Learn when and how to use different data structures and their algorithms in your own code. This is harder as a student, as the problem assignments you'll work through just won't impart this knowledge. That's fine.

It always helps to be a good programmer. It is important to like computers and to be able to think of things people would want to do with their computers.

Coming from a programming background, I have a good sense of what's feasible and what's not feasible in a game.

Coding - everyone thinks it's a superpower. And so when you feel like, 'I've learned how to code,' and you say to your mom or the girl sitting next to you, 'I know how that app is built, I know the logic behind how that was created' - that's powerful.

It's [programming] the only job I can think of where I get to be both an engineer and an artist. There's an incredible, rigorous, technical element to it, which I like because you have to do very precise thinking. On the other hand, it has a wildly creative side where the boundaries of imagination are the only real limitation.

Learning to program has no more to do with designing interactive software than learning to touch type has to do with writing poetry

Programming is not a science. Programming is a craft.

When somebody has learned how to program a computer ... You're joining a group of people who can do incredible things. They can make the computer do anything they can imagine.

Programming today is the opposite of diamond mining. In diamond mining you dig up a lot of dirt to find a small bit of value. With programming you start with the value, the real intention, and bury it in a bunch of dirt.

There are people who actually like programming. I dont understand why they like programming.

I'm not technical.

I'm a great coder. But I am not pushing that so much anymore because there are thousands of great coders.

If you don't have a job right now, and you have a computer and a basic intelligence level, I guarantee you can get a great job, paying really well, in less than three months. How? Learn to program.

I would be better at my job if I were technical.

The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris.

A good engineering interview will include some set of difficult problems to solve. It might even require that the candidate write a short program. In addition, it will test the candidate's knowledge of the tools she uses in great depth.

Code writers, they are my idols.

I don't program or code or anything like that.