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Hahahah! You're one lucky guy! I have always known teaching someone programming is pretty simple (I managed to teach simple C++ to my 9-yr-old sister and also to my 74-yr-old Granny). But it was easier to teach them because my sister was too young to have the "I'll never understand that" barrier and my granny just loved the attention i was giving her so she put all her effort into learning what i was teaching her.

So can I teach it to my girlfriend? Probably not. Partially because she's technologically challenged (she's cute that way) and as a medical student she already has tons on her plate.

But I must say I share your dreams of having a girl with whom I could discuss tech stuff the same way i discuss it with my friends

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Why not discuss medical stuff with your girlfriend? If you don't know enough about medicine to hold a discussion with her, you can ask her to teach you.

Oh we do have medical discussions =) i find it very fascinating. In fact whenever she is studying for some big test, i usually help her with that by listening to her explaining everything to me.

I have taught many "technologically challenged" people how to code. They say cute things like

... okay so how do I "compress" this file

... i used that "tag thingie" but its not working

but they still learn it and are able to build websites sometimes even faster then the "technologically exposed".

In general technologically challenged doesn't mean stupid. Its just a lack of exposure to the technologies and in time they get the hang of it.

Exactly, being "technologically challenged" isn't a bad thing, it just means you spent a lot of time in completely different areas. Technology isn't something special, it's just "yet another thing" that can be learned.

I apologize if that came of as rude. By no way do i think of her as Dumb. (heck she's becoming a doctor! She studies like 5 times as hard as me!) I just meant she isn't that tech-savy (she's too cute to use the words "tag" and "compress" :P) But that doesn't mean she CAN'T learn. Heck she's a VERY fast learner when she WANTS to learn something. And i was just stating my own case not a general rule :) I have taughts tons of people programming too on an academic basis and they turned out to be great developers later on

Nicely done :) You're right, it's mostly about them wanting to learn and having the time and energy to do it.

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