Quote Originally Posted by TysonLPrice View Post
I saw something earlier in this thread that I agree with...if the post irritates you or you have nothing to say but negative things just don't reply. Move on and let it go. Others will probably help out.
I don't think that it's unreasonable to encourage people to make effort on their own behalf and I don't think that it's unreasonable to push people to make an effort on their own behalf. Those who are genuine will get the message and benefit from it and those who aren't genuine... well, I don't want those people to be encouraged to join my profession. I've had to work with people like that in the past and I don't want to have to again and I don't want any of the genuine people to have to either. I've seen many, many questions posted on this and other forums that would take seconds rather than minutes to answer with a simple web search. If you're really not prepared to make that much of an effort then I don't mind discouraging you from programming. I've had plenty of pleasant interactions with people, both experienced and inexperienced, who were quite prepared to make an effort themselves but needed some help along the way. That's the sort of person that I believe deserves help on forums. I don't look down on inexperience or lack of knowledge but I do look down on lack of effort and I make no apology for that.