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It's just that. a perception. Everyone's a bit self aware, but the truth is that people around us are also very self aware. People will look at you every once
by dkopi 10y ago
It's just that. a perception.
Everyone's a bit self aware, but the truth is that people around us are also very self aware.
People will look at you every once in a while, but they're looking at everyone else as well. People watching is fun, and a main reason people go to coffee shops.
If you ever do catch someone staring at you, just give them a friendly smile. They might even be waiting for a signal that it's okay to come over and ask what it is you're working on, because you seem very passionate about it.
- marklyon 10y agoThe friendly smile is key. I was working on a project at an airport - I had something like a six hour layover and set up at a nice table near the food court - I noticed I was being watched and smiled back. The kid came over to me and asked what I was doing. Seems he'd learned some HTML and JavaScript, but was being told in school that "real" programming was super-hard and not for him. We ended up spending about an hour talking about studying CS, how he could learn programming on his own and I eventually sent him away to catch his flight with my copy of the Rat-cover Python book. He stayed in touch. Today, he's living his dream working on a rather awesome-sounding project.