The author is basically saying that having a good reason for learning something means you're much more likely to complete your course of study. My guess is tha

The author is basically saying that having a good reason for learning something means you're much more likely to complete your course of study. My guess is that less than half the people who signed up for Codecademy’s Code Year challenge will finish, it will be closer to 10-15%. I’m not being harsh, I’m being realistic. Most of the people that signed up don’t really know why they are learning to code, they just think it’s a good idea. Jumping right into learning JavaScript, the ‘beginner-friendly’ language without first knowing why you want to learn it, seems like a recipe for abandonment. She's just presenting the message from a very pessimistic vantage. Edit: She not he....