I can only speak for myself, I attended an evening "getting started with Julia" event at MIT a few years ago, the devs there were very tolerant of me not being

I can only speak for myself, I attended an evening "getting started with Julia" event at MIT a few years ago, the devs there were very tolerant of me not being able to do some of the exercises and sat with me and helped me understand. Then they gave me Pizza. I've moaned sometimes about some of the decisions that they've made and they have always responded to me and showed me that they have a good reason for doing what they are doing - even if I still think that might be wrong.