COMPUTER SCIENCE | OPINION

I’m an Engineer and I Don’t Like Programming

For the techies out there.

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Programming has become a must skill to have in your portfolio.

Computer science was born in the 40s. At first, computers were rudimentary machines scientists used for long and complex calculations. They only took off as an everyday tool in the 70s when they became affordable to the general public — due to the mass production of chips. But it wasn’t until the 90s, with the advent of the Internet, that they jumped from useful to essential.

Now, almost everyone in the developed world has a computer at home (as of 2019 there are 2 billion computers in the world). Companies around the world depend on the computer regardless of their business area. Computers are needed to process and store data or to facilitate internal communication and host online meetings. In the case of the most powerful tech companies — think Microsoft, Google, IBM — computers are the core element that brought them to life in the first place.

Without a doubt, computers are a clear contender to the most successful 20th-century invention — although its origins go back to the 19th century. But despite their prevalence, most people don’t know how they actually work. That’s why knowing how to communicate with them…