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[–]suzew 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I don't know about the IQ of average programmers because there is no such survey, especially in my country, USA, due to discrimination laws.
I just know that you can do almost anything (like 99.99% of jobs) if your IQ is 125+.
IQ tests can be somewhat cheated.
I've passed Mensa's fake IQ test before by solving many puzzles, learning few math shortcuts, and reading a crash course English vocab book.
It just felt like a waste of time and money after I passed the exam and joined for one year. I haven't
My advice is that to focus on change instead of IQ.
As Stephen Hawking said, IQ is for losers.
What matters is results, not potential. Potential is close to being imaginary.
No one cares that you have high IQ if you don't have experiences or abilities.
Discipline is the root of all things worthwhile.

Right now, I'm learning assembly language programming, and it isn't my strength. I seem to be one of the few students who are struggling to learn the material based on Discord server activity.

[–]chadwickofwv 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'd say 105-110, but that is for the majority of them. There is also a small percentage, I'd say less than 3%, who average closer to 135 or more.