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“𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼'𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘁? 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝗿.” This quote from Herbert Wolverson says it all. Herbert has taught countless Rust workshops, and before the first lesson even begins, people are already terrified of lifetimes and the borrow checker. “I try really hard if it's a multi-day class to make sure they never see either of them the first day. Get them to the point that they're writing productive, useful things, and realize that, hey, you never actually once did memory management. You never once ran into a lifetime issue, because you didn't ever have to think about that.” Only on day two do they introduce “the bad news”: what Rust won’t let you do. The truth is, so much of the literature emphasizes that Rust is hard. And as Herbert says, “𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱, 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿.” A good reminder that the biggest blocker to learning Rust isn’t the syntax, it’s the story we tell ourselves about it. #RustLang #Programming #DeveloperCommunity #LearningRust #TechCareers

Spencer Salyer

Senior engineer, dad, husband, and helper. Disciplined, principled, and multi-passionate. Interested in Linux/Unix, Open Source, Systems & Embedded. Expert Generalist.

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Mr. Wolverson's books on Rust are some of the best (and most fun) . :-) 

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