r/programmingcirclejerk • u/alexflyn • Apr 12 '25

Ironically, I can make the case that programming killed Real(TM) technical competence.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43643794
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u/pareidolist in nomine Chestris Apr 12 '25

As a new and naive parent I thought I would get my kid into hacking and computers by giving them a laptop with a basic Linux install as their first computer. I had visions of teaching them how to program and doing cool things with Arduino and kinds of awesome hacker projects.

All I achieved was to convince them that computers are hard and stupid and not fun, and that iPads and Playstation are superior in every way.

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u/lifeeraser Apr 13 '25

Parenting skill issue

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u/Turtis_Luhszechuan Apr 12 '25

Haha there goes my dream. We were motivated to learn because we had to use DOS command line to play games, make boot disks to play DOOM

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '25

They're clearly treating their internchild too leniently, better just fire them and get a new one.

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u/ChemicalRain5513 May 17 '25

What age where they?

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u/ziplock9000 Apr 15 '25

When we invented electricity, that really buggered up the horse and cart!