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Free software never dies.

• sillysaurus 14y ago
  It's important for budding programmers to build confidence in themselves. Forcing them to work with other programmers at the very beginning destroys confidence and makes them hate the work.
  • thezoid 14y ago
    How exactly would programming for themselves in a vacuum build any sort of positive confidence? Open source builds up that portfolio everyone wants to see, and working on a project provides mentors to help give new developers guidance.
    • sillysaurus 14y ago
      How exactly would programming for themselves in a vacuum build any sort of positive confidence? Because there's no one to criticize you, and figuring something out on your own is a rewarding experience which gives you confidence. Open source builds up that portfolio everyone wants to see If you're into programming for the reason of "building a portfolio", then you're not into programming. You're into making money.
  • vog 14y ago
    > Forcing them to work with other programmers at the very beginning destroys confidence and makes them hate the work. In a Free Software project, nobody forces you to cooperate with anyone. If you want, you can just release your program (or patch) and ignore all feedback. However, often enough you'll receive some very valuable feedback. Also, you'll receive different kind of feedback depending on whether you start your own Free Software project, or contribute to an existing one. So I suggest to do both.
• danabramov 14y ago
  “programming is rather thankless. u see your works become replaced by superior ones in a year. unable to run at all in a few more.” _why