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My First Year of Coding

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Re: My First Year of Coding

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thumbtackthief wrote: post #108
altero wrote: post #102

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Can you show me _one_ comment which actually recommends how to improve her skills? You know: " I noticed you are using ... but there is framework which does it better"... sort of stuff. I think boys deserve bit more encouragement and girls deserve bit more honest constructive criticism.

Oh, I see. So, since no one said, "Hey, you've been coding for 100 days! Here's EVERYTHING YOU DID WRONG" then clearly, we're all just too sexist to treat women like people. If there _is_ any pussy-footing here (er, no pun intended) and I in no way am acknowledging that there is, it is in reaction to the extreme chauvinism of coders like you.

> Oh, I see. So, since no one said,

Kind of. I see lot of endorsements, but no evidence that someone actually read her code. There is also nobody who followed her on daily basis, since her announcement year ago.

You do not understand my basic complain. I do not mind girls get special treatment (not that she would need it). I mind that boys do not get the same special treatment.

There is a huge shortage of developers, but I only see helping programs to encourage GIRLS coding. There are FEMALE only internships and so on. Men are only 38% of college graduates.

Now when men learns to code by himself despite education system, he is called chauvinism because he is proud of his achievements.

Re: My First Year of Coding

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Post by thumbtackthief »

altero wrote: post #111
thumbtackthief wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh, I see. So, since no one said, "Hey, you've been coding for 100 days! Here's EVERYTHING YOU DID WRONG" then clearly, we're all just too sexist to treat women like people. If there _is_ any pussy-footing here (er, no pun intended) and I in no way am acknowledging that there is, it is in reaction to the extreme chauvinism of coders like you.

> Oh, I see. So, since no one said, Kind of. I see lot of endorsements, but no evidence that someone actually read her code. There is also nobody who followed her on daily basis, since her announcement year ago. You do not understand my basic complain. I do not mind girls get special treatment (not that she would need it). I mind that boys do not get the same special treatment. There is a huge shortage of developers,…

Yeah, because when you're playing MarioKart, you don't get a blue shell if you're already in first place.

Re: My First Year of Coding

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Post by altero »

thumbtackthief wrote: post #112
altero wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Oh, I see. So, since no one said, Kind of. I see lot of endorsements, but no evidence that someone actually read her code. There is also nobody who followed her on daily basis, since her announcement year ago. You do not understand my basic complain. I do not mind girls get special treatment (not that she would need it). I mind that boys do not get the same special treatment. There is a huge shortage of developers,…

Yeah, because when you're playing MarioKart, you don't get a blue shell if you're already in first place.

Perhaps you have not noticed that most loosers are men.

Re: My First Year of Coding

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Post by carrotleads »

ericabiz wrote: post #61
carrotleads wrote: post #42

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Now if this is true, that takes lots of balls... I mean the whole "-I've put all my chips in." burn the boats outlook. I quit my job to work on my startup ideas but have difficulty throwing all my savings in. Wife & kids is my excuse.

> Now if this is true, that takes lots of balls... Yep, it really is. Not only have I turned down several huge income opportunities to work on MarketVibe, but I'd also sell just about everything I have to see this product come to market. We have a true game-changer of a product, and it's something I really believe in. We also have the right team to build it--I'm a target customer for this product, which is one reason…

I heard of someone in australia doing something similar its called Newsmaven

but you seem to adding a dynamic conversion form too.

and props for having the balls to go all in. My argument is that all my savings and assets is not mine. I share it with my family. I can/should only risk my part of the savings/assets even though I have the right to act unilaterally.

Some of my problem is having a savings habit and not being a spendy type of guy. Its an asset as well as I need to learn to loosen up and spend on lot more needed stuff to make our carrotleads product a success.

Re: My First Year of Coding

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Post by carrotleads »

kirab wrote: post #74
carrotleads wrote: post #43

Well I am showing this to my 2 girls. They have got C++ & Unix books on their shelves but as far as I can tell, it hardly been read. Hoping your story gets the ball rolling.

Reading some (probably hard technical) books is the hardest way there is to start this thing. Especially with C++ where it’s hard enough just to see your results. If you want something to be done, give them something where they can see their results ASAP. You can of course achieve this with C++, but then you should get them a working IDE, debugger and maybe some easy graphical library to play around with.

actually the idea is not the learn C++ or unix. Most of those books have great introductory chapters and I am hoping that piques their interest.

As of now they know only the basics of markup language.

Re: My First Year of Coding

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Post by sten »

ef47d35620c1 wrote: post #83
stickperson wrote: post #33

I started to learn how to code back in August and got my first job as a developer at the end of February. I went through a bootcamp and didn't see anyone besides my girlfriend for 10 weeks. It's definitely tough not having a mentor, and I struggled a bit for a couple months after classes trying to figure out what I should spend my time learning. I still struggle with it when working on personal projects and often wor…

A degree is just a piece of paper. I have one. It has 'Phi Beta Kappa' printed on it, but most people don't know or care what that means. When I look at it, I see a cloud full of rain. The rain drops fall on the earth and water a seed that grows into a sapling, then into a large strong tree. After that, the tree is cut down and becomes paper. So when I hold my college degree, I'm holding a cloud, some rain drops and…

That could apply to any paper. Which honestly makes books even more awesome.

Re: My First Year of Coding

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Post by thumbtackthief »

altero wrote: post #113
thumbtackthief wrote: post #112

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Yeah, because when you're playing MarioKart, you don't get a blue shell if you're already in first place.

Perhaps you have not noticed that most loosers are men.

Oh no, I totally see how horribly oppressed we men are, especially in technical fields. It is so hard to have all these minority groups fighting back against our millennia of dominance, trying to take a tiny sliver of the pie.

I see now that I'm speaking to one of those men's rights nutballs. Open your mind and try to see from another person's point of view. Our conversation is finished.

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