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Why do you need alternative ideas? You could just let her go to what she wants to. We technology people seem to have this built in need to get people to try ot
by hoodoof 10y ago
Why do you need alternative ideas? You could just let her go to what she wants to. We technology people seem to have this built in need to get people to try other things than what they want to do. It's a form of controlling behaviour.
- yorwba 10y agoWould you say the same if she wanted to go to an expensive acting workshop that promises she will land a job with Hollywood in just 12 weeks? (And that might not even be a lie, since someone needs to be the extra that gets shot in the first 5 seconds.) Not saying all or even most coding boot camps are like that, but based on my reading of HN submissions, some definitely do overpromise and underdeliver. Finding potentially more fitting ways of getting into the field could simply be helping out.
- fuzzyninja 10y agoA sincere question that I have often: what if the jobs these people land (and that many that we here do) are _not_ Hollywoodian at all? What if that does indicate that a lot of the things we can do can be done by someone with this level of experience and aptitude? Related: https://www.wired.com/2017/02/programming-is-the-new-blue-collar-job/ https://www.wired.com/2017/02/programming-is-the-new-blue-co...
- true_religion 10y agoHaving alternatives is always a good thing. Plus being a 'young' cousin, they have graduated so they are 18 or 22 and can judge alternatives for themselves.
- everybodyknows 10y agoI need alternative ideas because I was asked what I thought about the school in question. Not sure it would be proper netiquette to mention the name.