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Discussion on: Stop pressuring people into programming

 
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Jesse Phillips

We should be very careful that we don't mix different things and try to use points of one against the other.

  • Obsession
  • hustle
  • addiction

My comments only focused on the first one, though my first comment did touch on the hustle.

Clearly the low barrier is going to produce all types, I was trying to emphasize that some obsessed can take it even further than most other fields.

As for teen years, usually marked by supporting parents with the only simulated obligation to prepare them for the "real world".

This means that a child is positioned better than any to have and persue an obsession than any other time in their life. It is something that could allow them to turn that obsession into financial gain.