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> “are you ready to be bad at this for a long time?” Oh, I love this so much. It communicates so many important things in one go. My kids must be absolutely s
by virgil_disgr4ce 4mo ago
> “are you ready to be bad at this for a long time?”
Oh, I love this so much. It communicates so many important things in one go.
My kids must be absolutely sick of me saying in a dozen different ways "you just have to do it a lot."
This also reminds me of how I've often responded when people ask me about learning to code. I ask them if they're ok with sitting in front of a computer for many hours.
It sounds obvious, but most people (in my experience) simply aren't ok with that, and hadn't considered it.
- anonymous_sorry 4mo ago> ...when people ask me about learning to code. I ask them if they're ok with sitting in front of a computer for many hours. I wonder if this puts people off who shouldn't be put off. I certainly don't think I'd want that for myself if asked. But coding doesn't feel like that. Sure, I sit in front of a computer for hours, but productive sessions generally involve losing track of time and realising you've been sat there for hours