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Re: Definitely retiring from coding
« Reply #30 on: June 26, 2011, 01:58:09 am »
If you do truly love something you should pursue it. That's all I'll say.
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Re: Definitely retiring from coding
« Reply #31 on: June 26, 2011, 06:31:01 am »
Quote from: Qwerty.55 on June 25, 2011, 04:56:34 pm
Quote from: fb39ca4 on June 25, 2011, 04:30:32 pm
Don't.
We have to show the world we are normal human beings too.

The fact is that we're not :P

How many "normal" people feel the desire to make a machine perform odd tasks?

That's my idea of normal.
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Re: Definitely retiring from coding
« Reply #32 on: June 26, 2011, 08:15:17 am »
I'm seriously considering going to talk to his dad, as I live nearby... Show him that the fact that I started coding on calcs helped me in my studies, because coding is used in many scientific domains. Yeah, I think I'll email rayquaza to try and arrange a meeting or something.

EDIT: email sent, waiting for an answer
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Re: Definitely retiring from coding
« Reply #33 on: June 26, 2011, 08:35:25 am »
While I may not be accurate, I can only guess it's because his dad is like mine: a bit protective and only wants kids to do things they find productive, which is fine but it'll really robotize the kid into doing only schoolwork and having no external fun.  I could be entirely wrong, though.  The only I know is that if I were his dad and I read this thread I would be pretty pissed.
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Re: Definitely retiring from coding
« Reply #34 on: June 26, 2011, 09:15:34 am »
Quote from: Silver Shadow on June 26, 2011, 08:15:17 am
I'm seriously considering going to talk to his dad, as I live nearby... Show him that the fact that I started coding on calcs helped me in my studies, because coding is used in many scientific domains. Yeah, I think I'll email rayquaza to try and arrange a meeting or something.

EDIT: email sent, waiting for an answer

Silver Shadow: That's great from you, make sure you don't get into trouble though.
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Re: Definitely retiring from coding
« Reply #35 on: June 26, 2011, 12:52:26 pm »
Quote from: Silver Shadow on June 26, 2011, 08:15:17 am
I'm seriously considering going to talk to his dad, as I live nearby... Show him that the fact that I started coding on calcs helped me in my studies, because coding is used in many scientific domains. Yeah, I think I'll email rayquaza to try and arrange a meeting or something.

EDIT: email sent, waiting for an answer

That's not a very good idea.  It'll most likely just get rayquaza in trouble for talking with strangers and will make the dad feel embarrassed that other people are getting involved (like if you child is screaming in a store for sweeties, you won't let them have it, and people around you criticize you for not letting them have it) and will just bring more wrath upon him.
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Re: Definitely retiring from coding
« Reply #36 on: June 26, 2011, 01:07:59 pm »
Quote from: Ashbad on June 26, 2011, 12:52:26 pm
Quote from: Silver Shadow on June 26, 2011, 08:15:17 am
I'm seriously considering going to talk to his dad, as I live nearby... Show him that the fact that I started coding on calcs helped me in my studies, because coding is used in many scientific domains. Yeah, I think I'll email rayquaza to try and arrange a meeting or something.

EDIT: email sent, waiting for an answer

That's not a very good idea.  It'll most likely just get rayquaza in trouble for talking with strangers and will make the dad feel embarrassed that other people are getting involved (like if you child is screaming in a store for sweeties, you won't let them have it, and people around you criticize you for not letting them have it) and will just bring more wrath upon him.
I'm not a complete stranger, I was in the same school as him. And I'll only do this if he's OK with it, and will be extra careful when talking to his dad, I don't want to bring him more trouble.
Besides, this isn't sweeties we're talking about, it's about something useful that can turn into a career.
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Re: Definitely retiring from coding
« Reply #37 on: June 26, 2011, 01:13:49 pm »
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Besides, this isn't sweeties we're talking about, it's about something useful that can turn into a career.
Agreed. That's one of the things that his father needs to understand.
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Re: Definitely retiring from coding
« Reply #38 on: June 26, 2011, 01:20:40 pm »
I think it's wrong for you guys to be intrusive, it's just a choice his dad made and it's an invasion of privacy to bother him.
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Re: Definitely retiring from coding
« Reply #39 on: June 26, 2011, 01:27:52 pm »
This definitely requires tact. You should let things settle down for a few days or so and then try to sway his opinion. No use just adding fuel to the fire. :/
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Re: Definitely retiring from coding
« Reply #40 on: June 26, 2011, 04:41:23 pm »
In any case, I'll wait for rayquaza's reply before doing anything.
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Re: Definitely retiring from coding
« Reply #41 on: June 26, 2011, 05:10:44 pm »
While coding can definitely turn into a career, it's a rather tenuous link between custom designed calc languages and "real" programming, which is often vastly different. Also, you're assuming Rayquaza's dad is rational. As much as I hate to admit it, that's quite often a bad assumption to make. Thirdly, Rayquaza's dad is his legal guardian. That means that he can legally force Rayquaza to do pretty much whatever he wants. Going over to his house, being a stranger he's never met before and thus has little to no influence, and telling him that his parenting is faulty...? If he's like the majority of parents out there, he's probably going to be at least annoyed. It may even reflect badly on Rayquaza, leading to further restrictions of his privileges. Let Rayquaza handle it, since he has the advantage of influence over his father.
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Re: Definitely retiring from coding
« Reply #42 on: June 26, 2011, 05:20:39 pm »
What RQ needs to do is show his parents that he's not rebelling against them, but just doing what he thinks/beleives will help his future. Calculator programming is still programming. It will only open up gateways that will assist him in his future.

RQ: Show your dad some stuff that you wrote that helped the people of this community. He could see that how your programs are helping others pursue their educational goals and helping to make the community better. Once he see's that, he'll most likely let you do a little bit from time to time. Also, if you ever negotiate to program, it better be an all or nothing deal, because if you can only program once per week (for example) you will inevitably forget all of the code and lost your spot on your programs. Really, if you lose this argument and desperate to code. nSpire BASIC still doees the trick.

Maybe your parents are right, maybe their not. But NEVER let anyone stand if front of your goals and ambitions. ;)

Good luck.~

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Re: Definitely retiring from coding
« Reply #43 on: June 26, 2011, 05:33:08 pm »
+1 for putting that into words. I was thinking of a way to say that, but you did it perfectly.
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Re: Definitely retiring from coding
« Reply #44 on: June 26, 2011, 06:40:18 pm »
This is horrible I have convinced my parents that programming is good(they don't want me testing stuff on their computers though...) I hope you can convince your parents that programming is good and will help you/them
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