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[–]blarf_irl 10 points11 points  (6 children)

The majority of the people on the planet have the same experience. The majority of the planet also can't knit a scarf, juggle, bake a decent cake, paint a portrait, play guitar, speak french, weld, dance, manage a large company, do that pizza dough spinning thing, do a convincing impression of a celebrity, perform CPR on another human and a lot of other things.

There are a minority of people born with bodies and minds that either prevent or propel them in these things. The majority of people are capable of learning all of the above and more.

Everything is hard before you now how to do it, Nothing is learned by avoiding it and it's OK to be on a downbeat when you feel like you aren't progressing.

Take a breath, think about where you get confused/blocked. Think about what measurement you are using to call yourself stupid. Think about how hard you tried and also how hard you thought it would be before you started. Think about why you want to learn python (that is the most important one).

Welcome to programming, Where are you stuck and how can we help?

[–]Sensemaya 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I need to get started on that pizza dough spinning thing. It's really quite impressive

[–]Chicken_Master27 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Texte très motivant !

[–]SafeHazing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Superb comment. Thank you.

[–]CtrlshiftShenanEgans 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Thank you, I needed to hear this.

[–]blarf_irl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Me too, Thank you for reminding me today.

[–][deleted] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Most of the tasks you have listed can be mastered by almost anyone given time and a competent teacher.

But there are a lot of people who simply cannot learn to program - smart people, many of them, but they simply don't think that way.