82-Year-Old Japanese Woman Finds Success in Coding

Re:82-Year-Old Japanese Woman Finds Success in Coding by kzrdude on Monday May 21, 2018 @04:12PM (#17121441)

It's a different skill but I'm learning piano as an adult. I have a digital piano and headphones, and it's great — nobody like neighbors, roomates or people outside on the street hears so I can play around and learn without problem.

We can't really do the same with languages, but it's interesting! I definitely feel how I tense up if I have to practice openly.

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Re:82-Year-Old Japanese Woman Finds Success in Coding by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @07:40AM (#17125193)

I'm learning karate. It's entirely opposite your position in that I'm lined up with beginners of all ages, so I'm learning alongside 7/8 yo boys and girls (I'm middle aged); and often some parents watch the class.

It's difficult to be in the open like that - but it's a lesson in humility.

It has given me a great appreciation of my children who are also in the class (at higher grades), and been a fascinating lesson in learning and development. It's helped me in many ways - I'd recommend it.

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Re:82-Year-Old Japanese Woman Finds Success in Coding by Bekwnn on Monday May 21, 2018 @10:01PM (#17123269)

I'm currently doing something similar and wanted to give 3 pieces of advice to anyone wanting to do similar:

1. Don't buy a 2 or 3 octave keyboard like I did.

2. Synthesia is great. Guitar hero for a midi keyboard.

3. musictheory.net is a great interactive way to learn some basics.

My learning is mainly geared towards producing for games, so I thought I could get away with a 25 key keyboard, but I regret it a lot.

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