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Definitely retiring from coding
« on: June 25, 2011, 10:34:45 am »
Hi and goodbye everyone.

As my dad explicitely forces me to stop coding, i'm now retiring from coding. I may be still on the IRC sometimes, but i don't think so, depends on my dad.
He will receive a copy of this message, in order for him to understand how much i like coding and doing calculator stuff.



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Re: Definitely retiring from coding
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2011, 10:37:55 am »
Hi and goodbye everyone.

As my dad explicitely forces me to stop coding, i'm now retiring from coding. I may be still on the IRC sometimes, but i don't think so, depends on my dad.
He will receive a copy of this message, in order for him to understand how much i like coding and doing calculator stuff.

Wow, I think it sucks for a parent to force their children to stop doing what they like most, especially when it's coding. I think he has to understand, like I made my father understand, that coding is what I wanna do for a living and that it's what's gonna make me earn money when I'm an adult and the more experience I have now, the better coder I will be when I'm an adult.

I'm very sorry for you rayquaza, I think that's just not what a father should do, and personally I can't stop coding now, I hope you can manage to get used to it :( Will you at least be able to code Axe/Basic on your calc?

I hope you can go back to coding some day :)
« Last Edit: June 25, 2011, 10:38:22 am by ephan »

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Re: Definitely retiring from coding
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2011, 10:38:56 am »
nope ephan :/ since i have a nspire xD



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Re: Definitely retiring from coding
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2011, 10:39:22 am »
nope ephan :/ since i have a nspire xD

Nspire Basic is better than nothing. There's also on-calc console for Lua, but that's not really coding.
« Last Edit: June 25, 2011, 10:39:49 am by ephan »

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Re: Definitely retiring from coding
« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2011, 10:41:15 am »
Oh, this is so horrible! I hope your father will change his mind :/

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Re: Definitely retiring from coding
« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2011, 10:46:05 am »
If possible, I'd be curious to hear about the reasons invoked by your father for forbidding you to keep programming... Are these reasons decent and sane ?

If you're coding waaay more than you should, with the result that you're very tired, and your marks have switched from 15/20 to 5/20, he has a point; if he wants you to learn a job other than programming (for some reason), he does not necessarily have a point.

EDIT: as posted on IRC, I'll add that as long as you're under-age, and financially dependent from your family, you probably don't have much of a choice to comply...


And it seems that his father wants him to stop programming, even if rayquaza wants to have a job in programming later. And he wrote that his marks remained good. So I'm leaning towards his father not having a point...
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Re: Definitely retiring from coding
« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2011, 12:06:06 pm »
hmm... that sucks. all i can do is offer my condolences, i suppose, and tell you that you aren't the only one with this sort of issue. you should definitely try to hop on irc at least, because being around people with interests that are similar to yours every now and then can be incredibly helpful.
i'm also kind of hesitant to say this, because i don't know the details or what relationship you have with your father, but you should try to find some outlet for your coding that you can manage without his seeing (borrowing a friends laptop, getting a hold of some hand-held that offers coding options, or something like that) because in the end simply complying with your father in this situation would both be bad for your health and bad for your future career. before trying something like that, though, you should do your best to try to explain yourself to him and try to make him reconsider. one's relationship with one's father is pretty important as well, and if there's any way to salvage it you should definitely try.
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Re: Definitely retiring from coding
« Reply #7 on: June 25, 2011, 12:51:25 pm »
Sorry, dude, but I understand where you're coming from.  Personally, my dad doesn't like me programming, spending time on Omnimaga, and he certainly doesn't like me being an admin here.  Oh well.
Good luck with everything, rayquaza. :)

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Re: Definitely retiring from coding
« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2011, 01:20:32 pm »
And it seems that his father wants him to stop programming, even if rayquaza wants to have a job in programming later. And he wrote that his marks remained good. So I'm leaning towards his father not having a point...
That's terrible. D:
Good luck, rayquaza, and I hope you can convince him otherwise!
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Re: Definitely retiring from coding
« Reply #9 on: June 25, 2011, 01:23:15 pm »
I am getting more grateful for my parents every day. The just let me be and actually I sometimes show them what I have made, they don't understand how I manage to make the things I do but they are certainly interested.

My condolences, like others have said, I have no idea what your relationship with your father is but to me, personally, I don't think it's good parenting to keep your kid from the one thing that he likes most. I can even go further on this, there has been a scientist doing research about geniusses, the one thing that made a genius was nurturing. His daughter once grabbed a chess game and asked how it worked, she was fascinated by how the game worked and her dad (the scientist) taught her every time he came from work more about chess. She is now a world wide recognized champion in chess. Reason one, she chose chess herself. Reason two: her dad did not force anything unto her but let her chose what she liked, in this case chess, he then supported it and nurtured it.
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Re: Definitely retiring from coding
« Reply #10 on: June 25, 2011, 01:47:10 pm »
I hate parents who prevents their son from doing what they like...

Anyway sorry to hear and I hope you still participate to forum discussions from time to time. It would suck to see you go forever :(

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Re: Definitely retiring from coding
« Reply #11 on: June 25, 2011, 01:48:28 pm »
Sorry to hear :(

Hope you can program stuff again.

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Re: Definitely retiring from coding
« Reply #12 on: June 25, 2011, 01:52:00 pm »
well this stinks. i hope you stick around when you can and remember us for a long time to come ^_^ let others know and enjoy. hopefully life goes well for you. parents reasons may not always be the best but they almost always have a good reason behind it. trust and love them no matter how much you dont want to for them taking what you love.

we will always be here if you can come back if not good luck on life and pursue what you dream!

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Re: Definitely retiring from coding
« Reply #13 on: June 25, 2011, 01:55:00 pm »
It's sad when parents do this to their own children. I wish the best of luck in convincing him to change his mind. Is your dad just against calculator coding, or all types? If you can still code computer programs, that's better than nothing. Do you have any relatives that are programmers? Maybe they could talk to your dad as well.

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Re: Definitely retiring from coding
« Reply #14 on: June 25, 2011, 01:55:42 pm »
This is never right. Parents should never stop children from pursuing their dreams.

What would cause your dad to do this to you? This is almost as bad as mental abuse! There is NO VIABLE REASON IN THE WORLD for a parent to stop their child from doing anything, especially coding! You already have your calculators and computer right? Then you surely have the means to continue your dream and career!

Make your brain always think in code, and you will never forget that language!

Good luck.

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