AURORA BOREALIS? AT THIS TIME OF YEAR
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LEARN C? IN SIX WEEKS? NOT GREAT AT COMPUTERS? IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY, LOCALIZED ENTIRELY IN YOUR KITCHEN
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I'm trying to get my head around this
breathe, Dan, breathe
Okay. Dude.
*breathes*
Okay.
Listen. Experts can sometimes forget what it was like to be new. You're so new you don't yet know the extent of what you don't know yet. You're going to be gung ho and I mean I know you will really, really give it your all, but you're going to hit a wall. Then you're going to feel stupid (and you're not). Then you're going to feel burned out. Then your dreams are basically going to be crushed.
It will not be good. I've tutored people like this in math who took the 8 week course. They'd be so tired that even if I explained something three or more times, it just wouldn't sink in. Like when you try to ask a little kid who needs a nap to clean up their toys, it's just not happening. I'm not saying you'll be rolling around on the ground throwing a temper tantrum, but it's highly possible.
Six weeks is barely enough time to get a sense of what's really happening. You need time to sleep. You need time to reflect on the things you've learned. The 17 week class is going to be difficult enough.
It seems like anything I try to program will always take 2X what I thought they were going to take, even with conservative estimates. If the Starks had been programmers, their House words would have been "Unforseen Problems Will Emerge." This is made even worse when you're just starting out.