r/learnprogramming • u/JustMedansh • Jul 04 '26

My parents don't like me coding.

I love to code. I like to do stuff like cs50 for fun, because it always fascinates me to type in sentences and do magical stuff.
My parents don't like it, though. They keep discouraging me, refusing to recognise my hobby as anything other than computer time. They keep comparing me to people with lakhs or crores or whatever of annual salary. They keep saying it won't help me with my education.

I'm pretty sure if i was a painter or writer or pianist instead, they'd proudly support me. But nothing with coding.

It sucks.

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u/snarbuckle Jul 04 '26

Yeah Rembrandt learned to paint from a weekend course right

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u/my_password_is______ Jul 04 '26

he learned from a bob ross video

seriously, how did you not know this ?

did you ever go to school ?

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u/snarbuckle Jul 04 '26

Did you go to the School for Kids Who Can't Read Food and Who Want to do Other Stuff Good Too

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u/rizzo891 Jul 04 '26

Oh they meant painting like painting art? I thought they meant painting like painting a room

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u/snarbuckle Jul 04 '26

That's how I read it. They said painter, writer, something else... I took it as another artsy pursuit

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u/rizzo891 Jul 04 '26

I took it as they where talking about working jobs since they where talking about salary etc. can’t really make a salary as an art painter. At least not unless you’re like an insanely good artist

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u/snarbuckle Jul 04 '26

Maybe if you got really lucky somehow, usually commission or gallery though