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[xkcd] 11th Grade (19 Dec 2008) (programming.dev)
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And the ten minutes striking up a conversation with that strange kid in homeroom sometimes matters more than every other part of high school combined.

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[Above a bar graph:]
11th-grade activities:
[The y-axis is labeled:]
Usefulness to career success
[Above the x-axis are two small bars and one huge bar. Below the x-axis, each bar is labeled:]
900 hours of classes
400 hours of homework
One weekend messing with Perl

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[-] max@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 9 months ago

Messing around is one of the best ways to learn any programming language

[-] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 9 months ago

Second best. Best way is being thrown into a project solo

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