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As a kid, it took me a long time to learn to program because I was constantly fighting the very things that this article brings up. You can chalk it up to youth
by AndrewUnmuted 11y ago
As a kid, it took me a long time to learn to program because I was constantly fighting the very things that this article brings up. You can chalk it up to youthful arrogance. When I dropped my attitude and realized how wrong I was (around age 17, when many kids finally do this) I finally became a good programmer. I tried for nearly five years as a kid, but my naievete got in the way.
Programming requires a nearly dogmatic adherence to methodology, logic, and best practices, to be done well. What the article describes as unfriendly towards beginners, is really just an attempt to bestow upon beginners a thought process that needs to be instilled to be successful.
- adekok 11y agoI agree 100%. I run into this every day. The people who give up their ego and follow methodology, logic, etc. get things done. The people who have an attitude don't get things done. Even worse, they often accuse everyone else of being arrogant and unhelpful. On the Open Source mailing list I administer, I've had to resort to banning these people. Ask a question? OK. Argue with the answer? Not OK. Tell the people who are helping you that they're assholes for saying you did something wrong? Ban.