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I met up with somebody from the startup world last year for a coffee to chat about things as I wanted to get some advice from somebody with a lot of experience
by bithush 12y ago
I met up with somebody from the startup world last year for a coffee to chat about things as I wanted to get some advice from somebody with a lot of experience as a developer. It was a total waste of time though pretty much because of what the author wrote about.
He was a nice enough guy but he knew I was new to development yet when I didn't know about something he made me feel like I was an idiot and when I asked questions about good places to start he shot down everything I suggested as if only a moron would start there. It was very demoralising and it knocked me back for a few months as it really made me think "I am not good enough to do this". Very annoying how some people in the industry act like they are some kind of demigod to programming.
- alxndr 12y agoThat's very unfortunate. I hope you can find someone more welcoming (and hopefully who's also in a mentoring mood) to ask whatever you're curious about. Off the top of my head I can't think of any conline communities which would be particularly welcoming (though the general community around Ruby is quite fond of saying how nice they are); do you have any friends or relatives who write any code?
- bithush 12y agoUnfortunately I do not have any close friends or family who know much about computers at all however there are a lot of good people over on some of the subreddits that are always happy to help out. The C and C++ subreddits are particularly good.