It’s a really weird confidence to have.

On one hand you thought it was easy, you’re soooo smart right? But at the same time WHAT IF… other people could learn my profession just as easily as me? I think the latter parts of their psyche understands that anybody can learn to read and write code.

IMO, anybody can be good at coding. Humans just *think *programmatically to solve problems a lot of the time.

You start them when they’re young, okay child tell me how to make a piece of toast

“You just make the toast” - a child

“no small one, START w/ ‘picking up the toast bread’”

Slowly over time a child will understand what it is to do programmatic-style work. Once there, they “learn” a language. *Plenty *of people say they just can’t learn a language (cough cough USA/UK?). I say bullshitttt. You’re smarter than you think

Thank you xoxo

Edit: I’m actually a box of rocks masquerading as a techie

Her story is wild. Had never heard of her!

Thank you OP :). Can anybody find any pictures of the kids holding the signs from her childrens’ strike?

I’m just now learning about this. This makes even more sense in light of their censorship practices as of late.

THIS is what brought me into the light

Hey, is there a good resource for an explain-it-like-i-grew-up-in-texas for gendered pronouns? The chart I keep seeing confuses me even more and I generally just stick to my generic and woke “y’all” until I can figure out a better ally-strat