Just realized my friend's 'helpful' advice set me back two days on my first project

I was trying to build a simple to-do list app in Python, and my friend, who's been coding for years, told me to 'just use classes for everything, it's cleaner' when I was still figuring out functions. I spent 48 hours confused and angry, trying to force a structure I didn't understand yet. Has anyone else had a well-meaning tip from an advanced coder totally derail your learning process?

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noah_sullivan1mo ago

Classic case of a senior dev forgetting what it's like to be a beginner, lol.

the_david1mo ago

Man, does that ever happen with trades too? I had this old timer try to explain a tricky cut to me once and just started pointing at the board saying "you know, the thing!" Like no, I don't know, that's why I'm asking! It's like their brains skip the basic steps after a while.

ben43616d ago

My first coding mentor did that, and @the_david is right, experts forget the basics.