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Sometimes an honest and humbling feedback early on can be very helpful even if it sounds cruel. The aspiring world-class rockstar programmer may be in for a bad surprise if he just gets feedback like: "learn, learn, learn, practice, ... and success will come" and then it turns out all differently.

Or maybe it doesn't make a difference at all because people have to experience things themselves.

There is nothing honest and humbling about this feedback. It deliberately makes the poorest interpretation of the OP's post and offers a poor feedback. It speaks more about the commenter's mindset than the OP's earnest request to better themselves in the programming journey.

Make the strongest possible interpretation of the OP's post and you would end up commenting something insightful and kind, not something cruel under the false pretext of honesty and humility.

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