Do you need a high IQ to be a software developer?

[buckchadley31]

It’s easier than learning something like Python or Java

Idk man I’m a SQL engineer and it just works well with my brain tbh- I assumed Java as python engineers are much smarter than me but maybe I don’t give myself enough credit for my IQ

I can also code in python a little bit but am severely out of practice as I don’t use it in my day job

Building db models is not that hard ig, but writing some shitty queries for complex and large tables is ass man

 

[PrinceLuenLeoncur]

Yeh ik, but it’s just a side note on how 5 factor model matters more than IQ imo in life

Bottom line is, if we isolate the topic to IQ alone, you need an above average IQ to be a good programmer

What is the average IQ of a software developer? | Developer PitStop

A lot of people have reservations about learning to code because they are worried about the average IQ of a software developer. The intelligence quotient (IQ) test is a standardized test to assess how smart people are. It was first adopted in 1912 and is often used for educational placement and...

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“Does programming require a high IQ? Programming doesn't require an especially high IQ. Software developers typically have IQs that range from 93 at the low end to 129 at the high end. The average person will have an IQ ranging from 85 to 115.”

My points proven, programming is about memorisation and problem solving

 

[DoctorLooksmax]

Cap
SQL is far harder than Python and Java not even debatable

I found python harder when I learnt it


Idk then mate maybe I am just a genius then boyo cos I love SQL

 

[Deleted member 9801]

What is the average IQ of a software developer? | Developer PitStop

A lot of people have reservations about learning to code because they are worried about the average IQ of a software developer. The intelligence quotient (IQ) test is a standardized test to assess how smart people are. It was first adopted in 1912 and is often used for educational placement and...

developerpitstop.com

“Does programming require a high IQ? Programming doesn't require an especially high IQ. Software developers typically have IQs that range from 93 at the low end to 129 at the high end. The average person will have an IQ ranging from 85 to 115.”

My points proven, programming is about memorisation and problem solving

Yeh, above average IQ needed. That’s an above average range

Again, 5 factor model can influence this tho…could do just fine with an average iq but high contentiousness personality factor, this and that etc etc I wrote that a few times already ygm

 

[DoctorLooksmax]

Building db models is not that hard ig, but writing some shitty queries for complex and large tables is ass man

The latter is mostly what my job invovles tbh

I thought I was dumb for just doing database stuff rather than like making apps or some shit like a ‘real programmer’ but maybe I’m actually a high IQcel after all

Anyway it doesn’t matter cos looks is all that matters - but atleast being able to code has secured me a high paying job and therefore I can afford my surgeries before I’m a legit ancient oldcel

 

[PrinceLuenLeoncur]

Yeh, above average IQ needed. That’s an above average range

Again, 5 factor model can influence this tho…could do just fine with an average iq but high contentiousness personality factor, this and that etc etc I wrote that a few times already ygm

I had an IQ of 93 at 15 do I dunno what it is now I’m too lazy, prob 100+ though and I do ok with programming once I understand a concept

 

[Deleted member 9801]

I had an IQ of 93 at 15 do I dunno what it is now I’m too lazy, prob 100+ though and I do ok with programming once I understand a concept

Yes because you’re probably hard working with the concepts and applying them
That’s my whole point from the start bruv come on

 

[buckchadley31]

Yes because you’re probably hard working with the concepts and applying them
That’s my whole point from the start bruv come on

Maybe IQ is about how fast you can learn said concepts no matter their complexity

 

[Deleted member 9801]

Maybe IQ is about how fast you can learn said concepts no matter their complexity

IQ is like your CPU processing speed

 

[PrinceLuenLeoncur]

Yes because you’re probably hard working with the concepts and applying them
That’s my whole point from the start bruv come on

I mean with programming I admit I have to work hard to understand concepts but once I do it’s EZ though I’m low effort and taught myself half of Java in 3 months flat then forgot because I couldn’t be bothered XD a year later I can relearn eveything within one week

But yeah I get what you mean, my IQ is below 125 that’s a fact but I don’t. See it below 105

 

[Deleted member 9801]

The latter is mostly what my job invovles tbh

I thought I was dumb for just doing database stuff rather than like making apps or some shit like a ‘real programmer’ but maybe I’m actually a high IQcel after all

Anyway it doesn’t matter cos looks is all that matters - but atleast being able to code has secured me a high paying job and therefore I can afford my surgeries before I’m a legit ancient oldcel

How much do u earn per annum

 

[looksmaxxed]

iq tests for a certain type of pattern recognition, efficiency(see simplicity) in problem solving. people with high iq cannot deal with complex subjects. and those geniuses that tested high iq are intelligent for other reasons besides iq because their high iq is literally the result of pre natal brain damage. in order to be intelligent you typically have to be low iq

 

[buckchadley31]

I mean with programming I admit I have to work hard to understand concepts but once I do it’s EZ though I’m low effort and taught myself half of Java in 3 months flat then forgot because I couldn’t be bothered XD a year later I can relearn eveything within one week

But yeah I get what you mean, my IQ is below 125 that’s a fact but I don’t. See it below 105

damn what r they teaching u niggas in java

 

[PrinceLuenLeoncur]

damn what r they teaching u niggas in java

I’m self taught. And even then I’m shit cos I haven’t looked at java in over a year. Currently I wanna learn Python because I want to go into security.