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In terms of programming, if my child wants to imitate me and learn to code, then fine, but doing so is riddled with problems. Firstly, code is so unforgiving, u
by disadvantage 3y ago
In terms of programming, if my child wants to imitate me and learn to code, then fine, but doing so is riddled with problems. Firstly, code is so unforgiving, unlike art, where mistakes in art can be tolerated and even add to the aesthetic of the art, but one single misplaced comma in code ruins the whole program.
Then there's the countless times you have to bang your head against the wall whilst coding because of some unrelenting problem/bug that just won't go away and you've spent 5 hours straight combing Google for a solution, but you need the grit to solve it all by your lonesome. No savior of a snippet will solve it for you.
Then there's the mental gymnastics required to envision the end result of your code and the delayed gratification you endure when everything is in prototype mode for long periods of time. You have to have the vision of the end product and execute accordingly.
Coding is not for everyone, but imitate at your leisure.
- JimtheCoder 3y agoNot to mention this whole LLM thing people are talking about...
- red-iron-pine 3y agoAye, in the future your ability to be creative and loquacious may do more for you when there is an AI interpreting your inputs. Someone is going to have to tweak that AI but it may be more like a handful of highly-skilled and razor-sharp AI surgeons instead of legions of hackers. Or cuz the AI will wake up and exterminate us like a bug...
- convolvatron 3y agotrying to get paid to do art is much harder path that being a programmer when you're not really into it and doing art on the side
- cmrdporcupine 3y agoThe worst part in retrospect is the sedentary, seated, nature of the work. I don't necessarily want to encourage either of my children in this direction for this reason alone. It turned out to be quite unhealthy.
- ngai_aku 3y agoTbf, aren’t the overwhelming majority of white-collar jobs sedentary and seated? I agree that it’s not healthy, but I don’t think it’s unique