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Hmm, I didn't really see any bitterness in the article (even in the tweets they list). Are you talking about the comments?
Yeah sorry, should have made that clear.
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> Computer magazines of the day would print strings of code on their back pages, which could be transcribed by the reader to create a playable game, and this code-by-numbers task gave Persson his first experience of what would later become his profession. “My sister would read the lines out to me and I would tap them into the computer,” he says. “After a while, I figured out that if you didn’t type out exactly what t…
This story is incredibly common amongst my age group (40) in tech. What is the common story amongst those that are 30? 20?
> Computer magazines of the day would print strings of code on their back pages, which could be transcribed by the reader to create a playable game, and this code-by-numbers task gave Persson his first experience of what would later become his profession. “My sister would read the lines out to me and I would tap them into the computer,” he says. “After a while, I figured out that if you didn’t type out exactly what t…
> It's kind of weird to think that no-one gets their start like this anymore. I've gotten bug reports for Hackety Hack where people say "I can't copy and paste from the lessons. Can you fix that?" I reply (obviously at more length and warmth) "Working as intended."
> You must type each of these exercises in, manually. If you copy and paste, you might as well just not even do them. The point of these exercises is to train your hands, your brain, and your mind in how to read, write, and see code. If you copy-paste, you are cheating yourself out of the effectiveness of the lessons.
I thought he was charged with murder or something.
> Computer magazines of the day would print strings of code on their back pages, which could be transcribed by the reader to create a playable game, and this code-by-numbers task gave Persson his first experience of what would later become his profession. “My sister would read the lines out to me and I would tap them into the computer,” he says. “After a while, I figured out that if you didn’t type out exactly what t…
This story is incredibly common amongst my age group (40) in tech. What is the common story amongst those that are 30? 20?
> Computer magazines of the day would print strings of code on their back pages, which could be transcribed by the reader to create a playable game, and this code-by-numbers task gave Persson his first experience of what would later become his profession. “My sister would read the lines out to me and I would tap them into the computer,” he says. “After a while, I figured out that if you didn’t type out exactly what t…
This story is incredibly common amongst my age group (40) in tech. What is the common story amongst those that are 30? 20?
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> It's kind of weird to think that no-one gets their start like this anymore. I've gotten bug reports for Hackety Hack where people say "I can't copy and paste from the lessons. Can you fix that?" I reply (obviously at more length and warmth) "Working as intended."
Reminds me of Zed Shaw's Learn Code The Hard Way approach: > You must type each of these exercises in, manually. If you copy and paste, you might as well just not even do them. The point of these exercises is to train your hands, your brain, and your mind in how to read, write, and see code. If you copy-paste, you are cheating yourself out of the effectiveness of the lessons.
I still think it's kind of amazing how such simple advice can be so effective. I often find that when I'm struggling to grok a new language or framework, that I've forgotten to hand-type at least a few examples.
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What about JS, or writing games in Haxe that compile to run in Flash (which, even if people hate it, is incredibly common). I can even use AIDE on my phone to write applications for my phone! I have no idea why anybody claims we have less programming freedom than in the past.
The claim is that it's less accessible for children, not that we have less freedom.
> Computer magazines of the day would print strings of code on their back pages, which could be transcribed by the reader to create a playable game, and this code-by-numbers task gave Persson his first experience of what would later become his profession. “My sister would read the lines out to me and I would tap them into the computer,” he says. “After a while, I figured out that if you didn’t type out exactly what t…
This story is incredibly common amongst my age group (40) in tech. What is the common story amongst those that are 30? 20?
In my opinion, the abundance of dynamic and interpreted languages, powerful tools, programmable hardware, and the internet make getting into programming WAY easier than it was before.
"Last year, Persson earned over a hundred million dollars from the game and its merchandise." If you made that kind of money, why would you even bother to do anything but just retire and enjoy life?
>“When you have the kind of success Minecraft has brought, you can just choose yourself the way you want to do things,” said Persson. “I don’t want to feel like I’m in charge or anything... I try to have a studio where people go to make games for the fun of it, not just because some investor has said we have to make money.”
He pretty much is retired. Making the games he wants to with other people is how he enjoys life. Profit is not at the top of the list.
Sounds awesome to me!