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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These are two different issues - one is helping homeless people through training and the second is supporting family members.

The issue with homeless people is that getting them into jobs is more complicated than just training them. There are often mental health issues, substance abuse etc. You can’t just teach them to code and then their life moves forward. There is also the challenge in that many won’t be interested in any training being offered.

The second with helping family I feel is less complicated. But of course every family is different. I’m sorry your cousins didn’t support you when you were growing up. I can’t imagine doing that to my own family. [/quote]

I would have to agree with this about the homeless. Teaching anyone to code, even with a two-month "bootcamp" isn't going to result in a programmer. Leo is proof of that, since he is currently still homeless, despite having developed an app. He has other problems besides not knowing how to code. Second, coding isn't something you learn in two months unless you have a very simple problem you need to solve (which has probably been solved already.) Today's problems generally require a multidisciplinary approach. Two months isn't going to teach you the background mathematics and statistics you need to become a decent programmer. Lastly, we have enough bad programmers. We don't need more.[/quote]

Agree but it's a step up from the depression leo may need to get out of. There are people past 40 who are learning programming and I applaud them. Go for it. Life is short and don't let no one tell you you can't do it. [/quote]

I don't know Leo and can only speculate, but I suspect he is still suffering from depression. Leo still chooses homelessness. Learning to code doesn't fix mental illness. [/quote]

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