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Welcome to the site, Read the rules. www.hackcommunity.com/rules.php

If you stick to what you're doing you will be at uni in no time mile:.

By the way, I really get the impression that you're another version of @Deque Not sure why though lol

Thank you, @BlueCat ! I received the (automatic) private message from @bluedog.tar.gz , which contained the most important information to start my HC career in the right way included the link to the rules. Thanks again for the reminder, though, I'll know what page to check if I'm uncertain about something.

Actually, I love what I'm doing so I do my best to stick to it. You know, I started programming self-effort as an extra-curricular activity way before they taught us anything about it in school and in those former times I didn't know I would go in this direction. I dug deeper and deeper because I found it interesting and enjoyed. Honestly speaking, I had serious IRL problems in those times and hardly could deal with them mainly because of my rather sensitive being so I had to focus on something that helped me overmount these problems. First, this thing was literature. I'm still writing proses and poems and I read alot. Furthermore, when I had the chance to play with an old role-playing computer game, I fell in love with gaming, especially with RPGs. By time, I became interested about how did these games work and whether I too could make one so that's how I met with programming (started with C++). It was in elementary school and I wasn't a very experienced programmer, but it felt good that I understood something that no one did in the whole school and this exploration did good for my confidence. Later, in high school, I applicated into an upper level IT student group where we learned Pascal first and I became uncertain if it truly was the way for me to follow as I hated that language and didn't see any use of it other than solving the boooring tasks that the teacher gave us. Practising that hated language took so much time from JS and C++ that I was learning self-effort that I was thinking of leaving the group. However, the worst experience was that everyone seemed like robots in that group and not only because I was the only girl there, but mainly due to the fact that they seemed to love what I hated so I started to think programming is just not for me. It was a very hard decision for me because when I built cool scripts in JS or small RPG games in C++, I felt it so much fun ... Finally, I decided to stay and it was an EXCELLENT decision. Next year, we started to learn C and despite the differences it felt rather comfortable for me (probably due to my experiences with C++) and soon the teacher praised me and said I'm one of the best students in the group, which obviously gave me even more power to continue. In C, I could realise several ideas of mine beside school projects, which was good for my artistic being. So that's how I found and stick with programming.

Haha, Although I've just arrived, @Deque seems to be an excellent member and beside our own uniqueness I'm happy if we share one or another attributes. I'm sure we'll hit it off with each other. The human brain can create interesting associations, anyway.

Welcome to this forum. Your introduction is what I call a great introduction. If just every introduction would have a slice of the quality of yours, this section would be much more interesting.
You get a big fat fresh coffee by me.

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I hardly stand negative or „constructive” criticism but if it's true I accept it particularly as I'm always perfectionist and if I do something, I want to do it well and be excellent in it.

Standing criticism (constructive or not) is something you can learn and exercise very well in forums. I am a sensitive person and haven't always been that distant to criticism, especially when I was a teenager, but after years of dealing with criticism (in literature and arts) I also moved to seeing them as very useful and an opportunity to improve my skills.

Forums have the advantage that you can take your time until you answer. So if you feel offended, don't answer immediately. Let some hours pass, maybe days and get some emotional distance to the post. Or just wait for your mood to turn into a good one again. Is the post constructive? Then reframe your view about the person posting it from an offense to an effort in helping yourself to improve. I think the hardest part about all that is to be able to wait with your response.

Is it not constructive? In that case the person might not even worth to answer to. Stand over it, even if you have a hard time to do so emotionally. Some people really want to offend and will see a victory if you let them know you are hurt. Don't let them feel like they won, demonstrate that you are not hurt. Others are trolls, these need to be ignored constantly as tempting as it is to react. Others may just have been hurt as well because of a misunderstanding and overreact. They will calm down and sometimes appologize if you react friendly despite their post.
This is the best playing field to work on your own capabilities in dealing with criticism. It will reflect in the world outside the internet as well.

That said, welcome to HC.

I agree with you, @Deque . Thank you for your advice! I wish I had realised it earlier, maybe I could have prevented some sad events in my life, but it's too late to cry about the past, it's time to learn from it and do better in the present and in the future, am I right? There can be some exceptions anyway, but now, I know what direction to go at least.

Also, that coffee is very similar to the one I have drunk lately. That was delicious and I'm sure your one is fine as well. Thanks :Smile:

You mentioned literature and arts. I am into these too so may I ask what is your relationship with these? We can discuss via PM too if you wish, and in case I can reply as a new member, since this thread is an introduction thread.

An army of @Deque's would be something to see indeed

Welcome to forum, we are mostly a friendly and helpful bunch of people here, so any criticism we give is meant to help improve one's knowledge. Which field of IT interests you most, we have a wide variety of subjects here for you to get stuck into and if you need help with anything just ask.

Thanks, @chmod ! In my experience, every community has its exceptions, but it's nice to see the core (at least) of the people here truly is helpful and open-minded. I'm glad to be part of this community C:

As I mentioned above, I'm mostly interested in programming at the moment, but in case I get accepted to the university (I'll get to know if I'm accepted TONIGHT and therefore I'm rather excited too) I'll get an insight into a big variety of IT related areas (including ethical hacking as well) so that I can decide where I should deepen my knowledge in the following years. Now, I would say beside programming and software development I find ethical hacking and artificial intelligence research really really interesting. However, since I have no valid experience with those, I cannot tell it for sure.

No matter what area I'll focus in the future, I appreciate your offer of help, @chmod and thank you again!