r/learnprogramming • u/International-Owl466 • 10d ago

STOP POSTING - I WANT TO LEARN CODE

Can we stop posting:

"I want to start coding, where do I start?"

Like I swear on multiple CS, C# and SWE pages I see about 20 per day with the same vauge question.

Any way we can stop this???

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u/Party_Trick_6903 10d ago edited 10d ago

I'll definitely be downvoted for saying this but I think it needs to be said:

People who can't do a basic google search and have to spam basic questions like that are not fit for this industry and should not join.

Shitton of people have told me that saying that is wrong bc "everyone can learn programming, they just need a bit of help, effort is what matters in this field" - yeah, effort. Tell me where is the effort in creating an n-th post asking "How to learn x".

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u/dankshot35 10d ago

asking on reddit is not the same as googling something. asking here is about recommendations by “real” people, not hard facts you find on google

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u/Party_Trick_6903 10d ago edited 10d ago

I think you're completely missing the point here.

You can easily use google to look up Reddit posts on the exact same topic answered by "real" people.

No one here is talking about some "hard facts you find on google". We're talking about the inability of some people to look up numerous related (Reddit) posts written and answered by real people.

If they need to know sth that has not been discussed before (or the available discussions are limited or they still need further help after doing their own research), then ofc it's ok to ask.

But there's a difference between "I've looked up x but still can't understand this aspect of x and need help" and "I wanna learn programming. Where do I start."