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i have no formal experience in teaching, but given my own experience i'd have to say that having a technical mentor who is close to you is the single most impor

i have no formal experience in teaching, but given my own experience i'd have to say that having a technical mentor who is close to you is the single most important factor. important enough that it could probably stand alone (with the proper ambition of course). i'd like to see some sort of matching service that helps match potential programmers with mentors, based on common interest. the "student" gets to learn in a context relevant to their interests, and the mentor gets an extra hand on their project.

kine 14y ago
That'd be interesting. Might be a fun weekend project to build. Get both people to apply, maybe add a 1m video portion? Match on language or age or years of experience perhaps? Sometimes when you're learning something you need some hand-holding. I think it's a major weak point in the process of learning to code. Just googling for answers isn't always the answer.