programming if you ever want to be more than just a person who codes.

Well, when I write a book because I cant make money from coding anymore I'm sure people like you will defend me.

If you only care about coding then your logic makes sense but honestly how hard is coding really? Coding is by far the easiest thing you could ever do when it comes to computer science/engineering or software engineering simply because you can grind it out on google and end up with a project. I think right now most 10 year olds could figure out how to create an app. That's how easy coding is. You can run into a wall, run to google, find a solution, and then you're back in action

Then why do you need a book? Oh wait...

Here's the thing: These books give you the tools to figure out solutions to problems that aren't on Google.

Lol a book didn't teach me how to figure out the various bullshit of Apple APIs. In fact, most of what I really struggled with wasn't even documented in the CoreLocation docs. But then again I've probably worked on stuff way more advanced then you have.

Just coding can only take you so far and honestly it makes you replaceable.

Easy there greybeard.

That's why reading is important if you really want to see how far you can go in the programming world.

I'm skepitcal that you know more about "the programming world" then I found out in 15 minutes on 4chan. You can talk a lot, meanwhile I'm shipping salable apps full of async code using shit you'll read about in 10 years to millions of users.

So please, lecture me how I'm doing a bad job while I get paid to do one hell of a job at a scale you haven't approached.