Shoutout to my cousin's kid who called my code 'boring'

I was showing my first Python script to my 10-year-old niece, and she just stared at it for a second and said, 'It's just words... where's the game?'... I'd been so focused on getting the syntax right that I forgot to make anything fun. That one comment made me drop my tutorial and start building a simple number guessing game instead. Has anyone else had a kid totally reframe why they're learning to code?

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ray_patel276d ago

Honestly, that kid just gave you the best programming advice you'll ever get. We all start out making boring lists and calculations, forgetting that code is supposed to do something you can actually see. When are we gonna learn that if it's not fun to use, why would it be fun to write? My first project was a text-based calculator and even I wanted to fall asleep.

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jordan3056d ago

Exactly. Build something you'd actually want to use yourself. Makes the grind way easier.