I'm a guy and no, I don't have more access to support. And I never had. I've self learned programming with very little help, mostly books and internet. Then at

I'm a guy and no, I don't have more access to support. And I never had. I've self learned programming with very little help, mostly books and internet. Then at 18 I've found my first job as a programmer. > small comment here and there by someone knowledgeable can save you hours and hours Sometimes it can. But if you're just a beginner, you don't need the expert advice you're talking about. Hours and hours of what? If you're already programming even at very entry level, you can get very similar advice on stackoverflow. > If it were, I think I would already be a coder with several published projects. I don't think you lack expert advice. I think you lack interest. I remember since pre-teen, I was obsessed about computers, first videogames, then computers in general. I've spent hundreds of hours tinkering with them, trying to make them do what I wanted them to. I wasn't motivated by money, it was fun. Vast majority of exceptionally good programmers I know can tell similar stories about themselves. There're a few women among them, too. When you have interest that strong, you spend hundreds of hours of your time, unpaid, doing what you like. Especially when you're a teen with no kids. That's what helps with learning programming. Also reading good books. Expert advice only becomes relevant much later, and by that time, if you pick jobs well, you'll be surrounded with smart people willing to answer your questions. If you don't have that kind of interest in computers, you won't become exceptionally good. You probably can still learn the trade and make a living off it, but will require substantial time and efforts. I think that's the target audience of that summer school.