Six Things I Learned About Programming

From Boston Diaries:

This is an interesting meme: Three Things I Learned About Software While Not In College (via reddit). And a lot of the comments are centering on three things learned in college and out of college.

For me:

In college

1. Programming is not just a skill, it's a talent.
2. Some people just don't have that talent.
3. Compared to the editor on the mainframe for COBOL and RPG, vi really isn't that bad of an editor.

Out of college

1. Almost every program is a database application.
2. Database design is as important as code design.
3. The more work put into design upfront, the fewer surprises during coding.