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Ask HN: Who is your favorite programming teacher?

by fullofdev on 1/19/23, 1:55 PM with 1 comments

  • by runjake on 1/19/23, 4:38 PM

    I don't know that I have one, but some names come to mind Charles Petzold (Windows Programming books), Stephen Kochan (Objective C book).

    But I think my "favorite" programming teachers have been the ones that were at or just above my overall programming skill level. The point here is parity. I'm a fairly average programmer.

    Often during classes, when I finish the classwork, I like to engage in a little extra credit and explore oddball ideas. If the instructor was at a similar level to me, the enthusiasm would often be contagious and rope them in. Sometimes this would turn into longer term projects. I always enjoyed that human aspect of programming.