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amelius on March 21, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: How I Became a Better Programmer

> First, the title: written in the past tense makes it seem like he believes the journey is complete.

How should he have formulated the title then? I think it is logically correct.

couchand on March 21, 2017 [–]

Anything in the present tense would be preferable. Just a one letter change would be an improvement: "How I Become A Better Programmer". If it's in the past tense, possibly some indication that he's partway along the journey, such as "How I Got to the Level of Programmer I Am Today" (not as punchy, needs editing).

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