The question was about the sort of little programs someone could write daily, and the answer resembles crosswords or sudoku, which many people are in the habit of completing once a day.
Would completing one integer sequence algorithm (brilliant suggestion btw!) change the world around you? No, of course not.
Would it make you a better programmer, though? Certainly it would. Which would mean, when you settle down, crack your knuckles, and start changing the world, you'd do a better job of it.
Your objection strikes me as that of a hunter who won't go to the range, because when he fires his rifle, he wants to put meat on the table!
The question was about the sort of little programs someone could write daily, and the answer resembles crosswords or sudoku, which many people are in the habit of completing once a day.
Would completing one integer sequence algorithm (brilliant suggestion btw!) change the world around you? No, of course not.
Would it make you a better programmer, though? Certainly it would. Which would mean, when you settle down, crack your knuckles, and start changing the world, you'd do a better job of it.
Your objection strikes me as that of a hunter who won't go to the range, because when he fires his rifle, he wants to put meat on the table!