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As the person who taught OP to code, I can assure you your comment is misplaced and frankly uncalled for. Try being encouraging, rather than arrogant and deflat

As the person who taught OP to code, I can assure you your comment is misplaced and frankly uncalled for. Try being encouraging, rather than arrogant and deflating. "Web development is easy". Not when it involves working with other people. People are hard, code is easy. "His accomplishments don't stand out as impressive." How can you know this, let alone conclude this? He memorized 500 digits of pi in a week and wrote it out on a whiteboard in front of an audience. He built amazing command line tools and importers to automate migrating and testing large eCommerce systems. He built a fully functional piano in the browser from scratch, in a few days, before I'd taught him JavaScript. He built a custom 3D rendering engine from scratch shortly after learning JavaScript, allowing one to simply export any model from Blender and render it in the browser. He built incredibly complex mapping, routing, and geometry algorithms for delivery systems within a year of learning HTML and before turning 18. Lastly, one of the most humble people I know. Please don't continue to detract other new developers from the profession because they run into people like you. Especially when they open up and ask for honest help, wisdom, and feedback.

Bancakes 4y ago
Literally none of that stands out. These are basic programs whose core anyone can find on stackoverflow. The reason most people don't have these on their github is because they move on to harder, long-term accomplishments like college and internships. The only factor that stands out is the age he achieved this in but then again I was making C++ aimbots for counter strike at 14.
- ctrlmeta 4y ago
  Building a piano for web browser, 3D rendering engine, mapping, routing and geometry algorithms stand out pretty well IMO. I have never really seen the core of a piano or 3D rendering engine on stackoverflow. Even if there is one I am sure that is not how people learn writing a piano software or 3D rendering engine for themselves. Funny you say college and internships as examples of long-term accomplishments. I find getting your hands dirty and building things (like piano or 3D rendering engine) as long term accomplishments because what you create, you understand and what you understand, truly understand, is going to stick in your brain for years much longer than what you learn in college.
  - deltasevennine 4y ago
    He used tutorials, obviously. There's tons of tutorials on the internet. Especially ones that will teach you to write a 3D engine in javascript. It's not that impressive to follow a tutorial.
    - ctrlmeta 4y ago
      How do you know what he used? Have you met him or talked to him? So only inventing a 3D engine from scratch from your own brain is impressive? Learning from tutorials, books, papers, etc. is not? I don't know how you learn a new skill but I learn from tutorials, books, papers, lectures, videos. It is impressive to me as long as someone can learn, apply and do something creative. What is absolutely unimpressive is dissing on others' projects and accomplishments.
      - deltasevennine 4y ago
    - zaphar 4y ago
      Rather than the OP coming off as arrogant. This thread is instead making you look pretty arrogant. Having a goal is not arrogance. Tearing someone down for having that goal certainly does come off as arrogant though.
      - deltasevennine 4y ago
        I'm coming off as highly negative. I completely admit that. But arrogant? I'm not arrogant. In order for me to be arrogant, I would have to advertise and over blow my own abilities. Which I haven't. You should look up the word before you use it incorrectly. Also, you have to realize OP is not a kid. If a young kid was saying this stuff, I'd be encouraging. But he's basically an adult. And I'm not tearing him down, I'm telling him he'll turn out average. Additionally the OP is bragging about his accomplishments. It's literally the definition of arrogant.
deltasevennine 4y ago

Bancakes 4y ago

Literally none of that stands out. These are basic programs whose core anyone can find on stackoverflow. The reason most people don't have these on their github is because they move on to harder, long-term accomplishments like college and internships. The only factor that stands out is the age he achieved this in but then again I was making C++ aimbots for counter strike at 14.

ctrlmeta 4y ago
Building a piano for web browser, 3D rendering engine, mapping, routing and geometry algorithms stand out pretty well IMO. I have never really seen the core of a piano or 3D rendering engine on stackoverflow. Even if there is one I am sure that is not how people learn writing a piano software or 3D rendering engine for themselves. Funny you say college and internships as examples of long-term accomplishments. I find getting your hands dirty and building things (like piano or 3D rendering engine) as long term accomplishments because what you create, you understand and what you understand, truly understand, is going to stick in your brain for years much longer than what you learn in college.
- deltasevennine 4y ago
  He used tutorials, obviously. There's tons of tutorials on the internet. Especially ones that will teach you to write a 3D engine in javascript. It's not that impressive to follow a tutorial.
  - ctrlmeta 4y ago
    How do you know what he used? Have you met him or talked to him? So only inventing a 3D engine from scratch from your own brain is impressive? Learning from tutorials, books, papers, etc. is not? I don't know how you learn a new skill but I learn from tutorials, books, papers, lectures, videos. It is impressive to me as long as someone can learn, apply and do something creative. What is absolutely unimpressive is dissing on others' projects and accomplishments.
    - deltasevennine 4y ago
  - zaphar 4y ago
    Rather than the OP coming off as arrogant. This thread is instead making you look pretty arrogant. Having a goal is not arrogance. Tearing someone down for having that goal certainly does come off as arrogant though.
    - deltasevennine 4y ago
      I'm coming off as highly negative. I completely admit that. But arrogant? I'm not arrogant. In order for me to be arrogant, I would have to advertise and over blow my own abilities. Which I haven't. You should look up the word before you use it incorrectly. Also, you have to realize OP is not a kid. If a young kid was saying this stuff, I'd be encouraging. But he's basically an adult. And I'm not tearing him down, I'm telling him he'll turn out average. Additionally the OP is bragging about his accomplishments. It's literally the definition of arrogant.

deltasevennine 4y ago