This article http://mikehadlow.blogspot.com/2015/12/learn-to-code-its-harder-than-you-think.html … is like telling people not to take a first aid course because medicine is hard. 1/
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@AdamRackis I didn't pick it up again until I was 23 and got into it through "web design" which seemed easier. -
@AdamRackis I only got into web design because I was desperate for work. -
@AdamRackis I was WRITING PROGRAMS at 8 years old and convinced I didn't have the aptitude for it. No good. -
@wycats How was that possible? Low self-esteem? Poor guidance? -
@AdamRackis probably the same root cause as people believing that aptitude in excel is a poor predictor for aptitude in programming. -
@wycats Well I'm glad it worked out. JS community is lucky to have you. How'd your Nov. TC39 presentation go? -
@AdamRackis I ended up deferring the presentation and doing a lot more hands-on discussions. Presenting again in January. -
@wycats Is the proposal's current state accessible somewhere online? - 2 more replies
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@wycats My programming epiphany was when I used pointers in QBASIC and understood them. I then realized that I can program anything I want.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wycats aside: what's your typical method of learning? IE read all the docs, read the code, ask experts, or jump in and write code?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wycats and if those around you don't know about programming at all, you can grow up thinking it's incomprehensible. Happened to me!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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