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by wslh·16y ago·view on hn ↗
My wife is a dentist, and I took part of her time to explain what I do showing some naive sort algorithm.

At the end she asked why I need to do all that stuff if she can click on an excel option to sort the data!

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Sort algorithms are a shitty way of learning to program. Yes, I'm aware of that's how programming is typically taught.

You need to make something before you can make it fast. Hopefully something interesting and cool. Why not show her a 10 line app that loops through all her Facebook friends and gets their phone numbers?