College Students

Why are they all so bad at programming?
This is my second semester at Uni and I am seriously helping seniors complete their idiotic Java programming assignments. It took me three fucking hours to explain one guy the difference between a compiler and an interpreter.

I thought Universities would be filled with programming geniuses, what the hell?

>>41
Son, let an old man give you some advice. When I was in grade school my father was a successful lawyer, and he told me that one day I would be one too. Years later I ended up in law school. I hated it, but I knew I could do it well. After passing my bar exam, I went to work for the state. I pushed papers at the DA's office for years until I finally became a prosecuting attorney myself. Ten years later I realized I wasted 25 years of my life. I stopped practicing law, and I started tinkering with computers. I fell in love with programming and found a job working for an engineering firm.

Since then I have been at peace with my life. Do what you love, or else the success won't be worth it assuming you even get that far.