> I beg to differ, unless we're looking for a simple coder - then
> we really don't need to know whether he's capable of abstract thinking.

Ok I have to apologize - I've worked for lawyers before, and I have learned to be perhaps overly precise in my use of language.

Q: What is a "programmer?"
A: Someone who writes code.

You're probably talking about a "Programmer/Analyst," or someone with enhanced design skills in addition to the basic programmer skills.

Perhaps I should reiterate my statement as: It doesn't take right-brain visual/artistic skills to be a left-brain programmer. The left brain is good at saying, "This is an address, and it goes in the second field." Application of Rules. This is the mindset which says, "Object chicken derives from class bird which inherits from class animal."

It would be the right brain that says, "We are designing a thing with feathers and flight capability. What should it look like? Since this allows the designer complete free will in the decision of how to design the creature, I do not believe the right brain is extremely inclined to Object-oriented programming.

It is the left brain that says, "These are the rules ..."

But then again, that's just what I was taught.

Perhaps it's not the brain that controls us, after all ...

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