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I'm really passionate about coding so I love doing it again and again, but I don't think this argument is helping a lot: > You do it all again. You learn to it
by rakoo 13y ago
I'm really passionate about coding so I love doing it again and again, but I don't think this argument is helping a lot:
> You do it all again. You learn to iterate. You learn that nothing is ever finished, and everything can be improved.
Building software is like any realisation in any domain: you don't keep doing it because you have to, you keep doing it because you enjoy it, and you enjoy the results you've made.
By saying what I quoted, you kinda mean that "No matter how hard you try, it won't be enough". That's a very harsh thing to say to people who aren't even passionated by the field but just want to get a grip on it.
Other than that, I think this post is very interesting, even for coders: we should remember that coding is a tool to build stuff, not a goal in itself.
- stanleydrew 13y agoIt doesn't have to be negative, but I can see how easy it is to read "You do it all again" and think it's discouraging. The intention is not to say "No matter how hard you try, it won't be enough." It's to say "Once you build one thing, there's still a whole bunch of other things to build and improve!" That's an incredibly motivating concept to me, that software is forever changing around us and we can just keep choosing to latch ourselves onto various bits and pieces and run with those changes. But perhaps others like the comfort of checking skills off a list and calling them done and then moving on to a different discipline.