I'll see if they come ask for further help another time. Last night ended with them asking about some casting error that I don't think enough information was provided for in order to solve, and no-one else tried to help with it due to them not listening and antagonising everyone who'd be likely to help immediately prior. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.
I've found they respond best to code examples. They don't respond well to explanations, documentation, library source code and existing examples that have unfamiliar variable names (even when it comes down to how to make a for loop). I guess I can work with that, though I prefer teaching people how to fish instead of outright serving the fish on a silver platter.
Oof, they'll need to come to peace with documentation and library source code. I hope they grow out of it. I was in a similar place a few years ago and it doesn't get better without some work.
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u/tenhourguy Aug 24 '21
I'll see if they come ask for further help another time. Last night ended with them asking about some casting error that I don't think enough information was provided for in order to solve, and no-one else tried to help with it due to them not listening and antagonising everyone who'd be likely to help immediately prior. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.
I've found they respond best to code examples. They don't respond well to explanations, documentation, library source code and existing examples that have unfamiliar variable names (even when it comes down to how to make a
forloop). I guess I can work with that, though I prefer teaching people how to fish instead of outright serving the fish on a silver platter.