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Across this vast Fediverse, I have encountered a trend of people answering questions with esoteric programming language speaking in tongues that I don't understand, including under my own posts. I am a Boomer when it comes to coding and I am only 27. I don't even know where I would start to learn it because programming is so diverse. I want to feel like I know what's going on but I don't. Coding is the future and the future is now and I am lagging severely behind. I guess I'm asking where a bumbling novice like me can learn more about where to start when it comes to programming.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is this the right place to ask?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Maybe less that it isn't the right place to ask, it's probably not the best place to ask. Maybe try somewhere like [email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: [email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not a programmer so I have avoided any instances that have to do with computer science.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

first things first, there is a shit ton of 12-hour C++ whatever lectures on youtube. And I have never watched any of that. But it's a good starting point.