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Re: F4 - Connect (The new way to get help)

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Originally Posted by AdamHeard View Post
What if a student is incompetent? By definition, don't nearly all students start out as incompetent? Students should strive to reach the point of maturity where such feedback can be received without internalizing it as a direct attack. This is a hard part about growing up obviously, and takes time (certainly took me some time!).
Four years from now our robot kids will realize that four years ago they didn't know Jack, and that plenty of mentors were trying to help them realize it.

Four years is double the lifecycle of a lot of technical knowledge, particularly with bleeding-edge programming.

(not related to F4 or this initiative, of which I too am curious to see the results)
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