That coding bootcamp workshop at WeWork last month nearly wrecked my project

I went to a free Saturday session for beginners in Denver and the instructor told us to skip version control for 'speed'. I spent 3 days trying to undo changes I made to my HTML file with no backup. Has anyone else gotten bad advice from these pop-up coding events?

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4 Comments

keithbutler1mo agoMost Upvoted

Wait, the instructor actually told people to skip version control? That's just irresponsible teaching, plain and simple.

the_anthony2mo ago

I mean yeah that sounds annoying but like... skipping version control for a beginner Saturday workshop isn't the end of the world. You probably learned more from that mistake than you would have from the actual lesson.

elliotm702mo ago

Honestly this is solid advice. I've lost more brain cells debugging a workshop project with no commits than I ever saved skipping the git setup.

graydavis1mo ago

Elliot lost a weekend to that same mistake actually. But the thing is, the workshop was supposed to teach git basics too, not just code. So people walked out knowing how to break things but not how to save themselves. That's kind of missing the whole point of a structured lesson. You learn from fixing your own mess, sure, but you also learn from seeing someone show you the right way first.