I would have loved more encouragement to... just do it my way.
I never fit in with anyone else's idea of how one is supposed to approach this craft, so it took a while for me to really have the whole thing sink in.
If people had encouraged me play and do things I liked to do instead of their idea of computer programming/computer science, it all would have happened a lot sooner for me.
This! I like to think about programming as a form of art and learning to program like learning to play the guitar - as soon as you can hold the guitar properly, and have a basic understanding of how the instrument works, how to use it - you start experimenting, trying new sounds, "messing around". This is pure joy!
I feel like it's a whole different kind of learning when you're just messing around. Being able to explore the "I wonder if I can do this"'s of the programming world is So Much Fun. Especially when it turns out you can, in fact, do { Insert Whatever }.
I would have loved more encouragement to... just do it my way.
I never fit in with anyone else's idea of how one is supposed to approach this craft, so it took a while for me to really have the whole thing sink in.
If people had encouraged me play and do things I liked to do instead of their idea of computer programming/computer science, it all would have happened a lot sooner for me.
This! I like to think about programming as a form of art and learning to program like learning to play the guitar - as soon as you can hold the guitar properly, and have a basic understanding of how the instrument works, how to use it - you start experimenting, trying new sounds, "messing around". This is pure joy!
I like the mantra "Make Dumb Shit".
I feel like it's a whole different kind of learning when you're just messing around. Being able to explore the "I wonder if I can do this"'s of the programming world is So Much Fun. Especially when it turns out you can, in fact, do { Insert Whatever }.
Yes agreed! Simone Giertz takes that to a whole new level!
youtube.com/watch?v=E2evC2xTNWg