TIL most beginner coders quit before writing 100 lines of working code

I was reading a blog post from a coding bootcamp in Austin. They tracked their students and found that over 60% of people who start learning to code give up before they've even written a full 100 lines of code that actually runs. That number really got me. I'm maybe a month into trying to learn Python, and I just hit 50 lines in my first little project, a tip calculator. It's so easy to get stuck on one error and just close the laptop. The blog said the big drop-off happens around the first 'wall' you hit, like setting up your environment or a syntax error you can't fix. It made me feel a bit better about my own slow progress, honestly. Has anyone else tracked how much code they've actually written, or hit a similar early wall?

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nina_butler7d ago

That first real frustration hits everyone, not just coders.

ryan9527d ago

Remember trying to assemble IKEA furniture without the picture guide. Just a bag of screws and that weird little wrench. Took me three hours to build a nightstand. Three hours. Ended up with two extra bolts and a door that swings the wrong way. Pure rage.