Here's my oh-so important and unpopular opinion, because I feel like wasting 10 minutes.<p>>If you’ve ever tried to learn a new skill, you’ve experienced that range of reaction.<p>I actually haven't, because in the case of let's say, programming, I learned most everything myself. I read and google'd instead of bothering other people for every little problem.<p><i>I'm really not trying to be a jerk - honest - but hearing the same very simple questions asked again and again is tiring. Try to put yourself in the shoes of the "jack asses"</i>. Maybe they act like this for a reason, they are humans just like you after all.<p>I know that I don't mind helping but it sometime feels "like people never learn", imho that's often why others won't help you or will groan at your cluelessness.
Most of the time you could google your questions and get an answer immediately, that's what I did and that's still what I do.
This is especially true for Python, what you're learning. You can often just copy paste a working piece of code from the very first result, no thinking involved.<p>>The difference between the knowledgeable and the ignorant is that the knowledgeable took it on the chin, and kept going.<p>That's where I disagree. If you really need help, and if you at least tried to find a solution, mention it and people will help you. <i>I will personally go out of my way to help you if it looks like you actually want and try to learn.</i><p>Questions like “What’s the difference between a list and a set?” and “A server does what?” show that you haven't done your homework !
<i>It's a bit rude to expect people to spoonfeed you all the way and then call them assholes when they get bored of it.</i><p>>When people scoff at your questions, just move on until you find the answer. Know that up front, and when you see it, ignore it.<p>Or perhaps, try to understand why they scoff at your question in the first place.
Calling them "ass holes" and ignoring the issue seems a bit short sighted.<p>>Just know when people balk at your badge, it’s means you are on the right path. Keep pushing.<p>Maybe "Try smarter not harder" ?<p>I'll finally just point you to this thing (<a href="http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html</a>) which is a tad extreme in my opinion, but makes its point extremely clear if you can manage to read through it without calling the author a pretentious asshole and just closing the tab.