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This is a great time to have an obsession and fixated.
@jessekphillips
Why is it a good time to have an obsession in your teens?
I don't think that obsession is a good thing, at any age. You will be so fixated on something that you might just over-stress yourself and crash without achieving anything meaningful. The obsession and hustle mentality do more harm than good in my opinion.
The barrier of entry is low that the competition is saturated with passionate, obsessed people.
The barrier of web development is low and that attracts all sorts of people. That is the reason why there are so many people getting in, not their obsession. They might be passionate indeed, but the "everyone can and should code" is the main factor. Their obsession most of the time has no basis, and tbh most are half-assed. They worry more about the status of developers than actually delivering great solutions to solve actual problems.
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.
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@jessekphillips Why is it a good time to have an obsession in your teens?
I don't think that obsession is a good thing, at any age. You will be so fixated on something that you might just over-stress yourself and crash without achieving anything meaningful. The obsession and hustle mentality do more harm than good in my opinion.
The barrier of web development is low and that attracts all sorts of people. That is the reason why there are so many people getting in, not their obsession. They might be passionate indeed, but the "everyone can and should code" is the main factor. Their obsession most of the time has no basis, and tbh most are half-assed. They worry more about the status of developers than actually delivering great solutions to solve actual problems.
We should be very careful that we don't mix different things and try to use points of one against the other.
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.