I call these people “credit takers” and at some point I had a realization that I was one of them. Basically I was teaching some people programming, then some became successful and I felt good about it, but then remembered that their talent was noticeable from the start and my teaching might not have made much difference, I was just credit-taking.
It also happens to me when I got to solve a problem that many have and realize in retrospetct that it was a combination of luck, knowing the right people and skills that you don’t know how to transfer, possibly because they are genetic traits. It must be frustrating to hear, after a question like “how have you conquered your social anxiety?”, the condensed answer “mostly luck”
Stopped teaching. Now if someone says “my kid needs something to do, can you teach him programming” my answer is “no”. Those who want to program can come to me themselves and ask specific things.
I call these people “credit takers” and at some point I had a realization that I was one of them. Basically I was teaching some people programming, then some became successful and I felt good about it, but then remembered that their talent was noticeable from the start and my teaching might not have made much difference, I was just credit-taking.
It also happens to me when I got to solve a problem that many have and realize in retrospetct that it was a combination of luck, knowing the right people and skills that you don’t know how to transfer, possibly because they are genetic traits. It must be frustrating to hear, after a question like “how have you conquered your social anxiety?”, the condensed answer “mostly luck”
What did you do after having this realization?
Stopped teaching. Now if someone says “my kid needs something to do, can you teach him programming” my answer is “no”. Those who want to program can come to me themselves and ask specific things.