30000hours.py

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
# Generated by chatgpt

# Data from the user
names = ["Donald Knuth", "Rob Pike", "Peter Norvig", "Stephen Wolfram", "Lars Bak"]
hours = [56000, 30000, 30000, 50000, 30000]
github_ids = ["", "robpike", "norvig", "", "larsbak"]


# Creating the bar chart without GitHub IDs but with actual hours displayed
plt.figure(figsize=(10, 6))
bars = plt.bar(names, hours, color='skyblue')
plt.xlabel('Programmer')
plt.ylabel('Hours Practiced')
plt.title('Hours Practicing Programming by Accomplished Programmers')
plt.xticks(rotation=45)
plt.ylim(0, 60000)

# Adding the actual hours as labels on the bars
for bar in bars:
    yval = bar.get_height()
    plt.text(bar.get_x() + bar.get_width()/2, yval, f'{yval}', ha='center', va='bottom', fontsize=9)

# Adding source link and description
description = ("Source Note: Data sourced from personal communications in 2013, asking programmers to estimate "
               "their practice hours. Full article at: https://breckyunits.com/30000hours.html")
plt.figtext(0.5, .1, description, ha='center', va='bottom', fontsize=8, wrap=True)


plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()