Need to vent/need incite (complete rant)
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Buckle up for this one. So the company i've been working for, for the last two years asked me to train someone. Two years ago I walked in here not knowing anything about programming, I learned several languages in a few months and ive become "the best programmer they have ever had". So now I was asked to train someone. Not just anyone though, the bosses son. Smart kid, just lacks any motivation and has zero work ethic. He has moments of promise, and then there was yesterday. For the past 6 months i've been attempting to teach him HTML, VB JQUERY etc. Basic "hello world" stuff. We've been using Lynda.com to give him a more visual example etc, giving him stuff thats simple. Yesterday I had to show him again how to Define a variable in VB (you know DIM), which wasnt the bad part. The bad part when he asks me whats wrong with his code and I find PHP :wtf: in there, and he's arguing with me about it. No idea what to do with this one. Really seems like im at the end of my rope/patience. Any idea's on how to feed someone the fundamentals?
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Buckle up for this one. So the company i've been working for, for the last two years asked me to train someone. Two years ago I walked in here not knowing anything about programming, I learned several languages in a few months and ive become "the best programmer they have ever had". So now I was asked to train someone. Not just anyone though, the bosses son. Smart kid, just lacks any motivation and has zero work ethic. He has moments of promise, and then there was yesterday. For the past 6 months i've been attempting to teach him HTML, VB JQUERY etc. Basic "hello world" stuff. We've been using Lynda.com to give him a more visual example etc, giving him stuff thats simple. Yesterday I had to show him again how to Define a variable in VB (you know DIM), which wasnt the bad part. The bad part when he asks me whats wrong with his code and I find PHP :wtf: in there, and he's arguing with me about it. No idea what to do with this one. Really seems like im at the end of my rope/patience. Any idea's on how to feed someone the fundamentals?
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Buckle up for this one. So the company i've been working for, for the last two years asked me to train someone. Two years ago I walked in here not knowing anything about programming, I learned several languages in a few months and ive become "the best programmer they have ever had". So now I was asked to train someone. Not just anyone though, the bosses son. Smart kid, just lacks any motivation and has zero work ethic. He has moments of promise, and then there was yesterday. For the past 6 months i've been attempting to teach him HTML, VB JQUERY etc. Basic "hello world" stuff. We've been using Lynda.com to give him a more visual example etc, giving him stuff thats simple. Yesterday I had to show him again how to Define a variable in VB (you know DIM), which wasnt the bad part. The bad part when he asks me whats wrong with his code and I find PHP :wtf: in there, and he's arguing with me about it. No idea what to do with this one. Really seems like im at the end of my rope/patience. Any idea's on how to feed someone the fundamentals?
Why are you wasting yours and the bosses' sons time? If he does not wants to learn, that's his decision. And yes, it's nothing else but a decision on his side - the stuff can be learnt from books, without any help for those willing. It's no use to push a mule, it will not walk. ..tell the son he is fortunate to have you as a mentor. I would have advised the boss to put his son to work at cleaning toilets - at least it'd motivate him (in time) to learn something to make him valuable outside of the toilet. That way he'd at least be contributing as opposed to being a burden :suss:
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