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Vanessa Williams
@fridgebuzz.eth
Also I ask every kid who wants to do CS, whether game dev or other: what have you made? The answer is *always*: nothing. I cannot relate. They’ve had computers in the house since they were born & never once thought of, say, making an add-on for their fav game? Anything, really? I’m old but these kids are strange.
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Jos Vromans
@josvromans
That's strange to me as well. I have a few experiences that made me think that some people are wired to believe the learning experience is completely the responsibility of the teacher/school/institute. And not on themself. And that you can just choose a topic and it will work. But I just find it hard to understand ...
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Jos Vromans
@josvromans
One example is someone who was up for a coding bootcamp later in the year. Super excited to become a programmer (one day), with bright career opportunities (according to the promo videos). But zero intention to try a few things already, even when I generously offered ways to get started (for free). Easy predicted ngmi
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Jos Vromans
@josvromans
But also, I completely understand that it is hard to choose a career path (I was pretty clueless myself at a younger age). But especially nowadays, and especially with programming/game dev related things, it feels silly to go for a multi year program without trying things yourself first. I like your art school example
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Vanessa Williams
@fridgebuzz.eth
At least partly I blame the education system here, and the parents of a certain generation who doted on their kids, were with them 24x7 (nearly), & made sure they got rewarded just for showing up. Even Uni now, if “it’s too hard”, profs get screwed. So they handhold all the way to a Bachelor’s.
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