&gt; Problem solving, decomposition, and the ability to temporarily hold large amounts of information (documentation indexes &#x2F; what functions are available? kinda things) are all more important than language ability, I thinkMakes sense. I asked this question because I have been getting feedback from some managers (technical and non-technical) that good writers translate to good programmers, but I couldn&#x27;t find any evidence&#x2F;whitepaper&#x2F;quality discussion on that

Problem solving, decomposition, and the ability to temporarily hold large amounts of information (documentation indexes &#x2F; what functions are available? kinda things) are all more important than language ability, I think.People like &quot;elegant&quot; code, but may prefer more expressive, florid language for actual communication with other humans.

Does competency in writing in a natural language correlate to competency in a programming language?I am wondering if there&#x27;s opportunity in training english&#x2F;french, anthropology, history, art majors who have demonstrated competency in writing in a natural language that have overlap in vocabulary and structure with programming languages?Or is competency in writing in a natural language orthogonal to competency in a programming language?

Ask HN: Competency in natural language correlates to competency in programming?

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