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coding sucks, i try to google a basic thing and its like 'here's a billion nearby things that arent quite right, if only you had slightly more knowledge about programming so you could modify my example to be what you need, but you don't so you're screwed'

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This is where I've really found my groove in forums/discords. Finding other people enthusiastic to talk about a language/algo/structure have always been so helpful.

Aella

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even people trying to help sucks. im like 'how do i do this' and they're like 'oh here's an answer full of words you don't know' and im like ok great thanks

9:59 PM · Aug 29, 2022

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It can definitely happen. I'm still extremely new to coding and have had a lot of luck in small groups with particular interests. And although it's also way more time consuming, I've learned that going back to the docs to be incredibly helpful.

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My tips for getting help: Learn to describe your issue precisely and succinctly. I hang out in some C# discords (mostly to ask questions myself) but most people ask really terrible questions without enough context to help

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Does that not tell you that your knowledge is insufficient to even speak the language? Abandon it and just get SPSS or find someone who has it.

Matt Curtis @mattcurtis@techhub.social

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yeah generally... most people are bad at explaining things (I'm including myself in this.) programmers and people working in technical fields are especially bad at this. especially at simulating a beginner mindset

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No, don't do that. Ask them to explain it in simpler terms. You cannot expect them to know what level of competence you're at

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I understand that. I'm self taught and have taught teens to make their own games in a day. Recently I took a college intro CS/programming class and the prof, the professional teacher, went about an hour on functions without saying what a function was.