Ooble

I don't really care. Whatever I do, it's fun.

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Infinite Recursion

I chose programmer, because being a programmer implies being a problem solver.

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tempest

I think being a practical problem solver either comes naturally and helps alot in programming, or it's learned... but programming has definately affected the way i think about things that I do everyday so I'll have to say that I'm a problem solver and not just a programmer beacuse of the way programming has affected the way I think...

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DaWei

I'm thinking the poll is not going to be much good without a definition of "problem solver". I disagree completly with IR that "programmer" implies "problem solver." I know many professional (and competent) programmers who can't solve problems in any real sense. I say that strictly because I don't consider adding two numbers and dividing by a third, even if one gets the correct answer, to be "problem solving." Coming to the conclusion that one NEEDS to add two numbers and divide by a third is problem solving. Tempest's answer is a great one. Problem solving requires thinking. Programming embodies the results of that thought process. The person who discovers that there is feedback in the process (...has affected the way I think...) is a learner in the best sense of the word, and will undoubtedly be a problem solver.

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Polyphemus_

In that way, I'm definitely a problem solver.

nnxion

I agree with you in that if one encounters a situation and studies its feedback, and then next time a similar situation arises takes into account that feedback, one is highly likely to get a better result out of the second situation than that of the first, and can thus be considered a learner.

I still don't think like a computer, computer programming has just made my analyzing skills better, someone else can learn the same from the same from a whole different profession.

Analyzing and interpreting the process, so that the next time one gets better results is what makes a learner. Doing it faster than others makes a good learner.

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