Strong point! As a non-CS engineering student learning C++ for the first time, the compiler all but turned me off from wanting to be a programmer. No one explained why the compiler was even there, it just seemed like an annoying hindrance stopping me from getting good grades on the homework.

Fast forward a decade and I'm evangelizing statically typed FP at conferences. The value of the compiler is redeemed after self-teaching and learning the "Whys".