[Porsche-O-Phile]

The only thing I know about computer programming is that I have absolutely no interest whatsoever in ever doing computer programming. This is after being forced (for whatever reason) to take a semester of FORTRAN and two semesters of C++ in college. I remember virtually nothing about it (other than I despised every wretched minute of it except for the "puzzle solving/algorithm development" part, when applicable) and it hasn't negatively affected my life in one bit.

My $0.02 is that rather than trying to become a programmer, become a software engineer - the guy who actually conceptually designs the software, decides what functions it should/should not have, interfaces, etc. Then assigns actually coding those tasks to the production grunts.

My understanding is most programming is outsourced these days anyway.