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It's not.

The problem with the world of professional programming is that there are a lot of people claiming to be programmers that aren't.

The reason why people can code-monkey their PHP scripts but not solve FizzBuzz is because of an iterative process. When you are hacking some web page, you just change stuff until it works. You try again and again and again and eventually you're right.

With FizzBuzz, you have to think about a couple things before you answer. It's so simple that you have to get it right the first time; you're supposed to think, then program. But most people are not in the habit of thinking, and just skip right to the press buttons while staring at the blinky cursor stage. Then they fail the FizzBuzz interview.



Thank you, this is very insightful, this idea that some problems are amenable to just trying things and some problems require thought before starting.




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