as a former Graphic Designer turned Dev all I can say is how much a difference a different teacher makes. I had some design teachers who did little else than ex

as a former Graphic Designer turned Dev all I can say is how much a difference a different teacher makes. I had some design teachers who did little else than explain how to use Photoshop and others who you spent all your time and effort on and bled for their approval like some kind of unloving father figure, who at best would just nod and explain how it's acceptable instead of the usually tearing apart with critiques. This was miserable at the time but like some kind of perverse design bootcamp hammered in the fundamentals. In contrast with your experience, I tried to take a programming class early in college and felt completely alienated by that professor who expected all of us to already know how to code and was visibly and verbally frustrated when I struggled to understand things that were completely new to to me but well known with the rest of the class. It wasn't until nearly 10 years later I finally learned it.