[ParetoOptimal]

> I really don't get how watching a PM-type struggle with emacs for two hours at a spell is compelling or instructive. I can struggle with emacs all by myself.

Because it's a lot scarier to struggle alone. Plus as his videos progress and his knowledge progresses he frequently teaches you things that come up and practice a lot as a matter of course.

It's kind of like when you start programming you have to build up your endurance for feeling like you're always in a dark room feeling around... and you convince yourself that it won't be like this one day.

A decade or two later you realize you've become accustomed the darkness...

[teddyh]

> you convince yourself that it won't be like this one day.

http://www.threepanelsoul.com/comic/i-think-so

Also:

http://www.threepanelsoul.com/comic/whew-now-im-done

http://www.threepanelsoul.com/comic/on-infinite-loops

[scombridae]

you convince yourself it won't be like this one day

In case you're considering a career in software, no, the feeling of groping around in the dark never disappears.

[lanstin]

But it's a feature, not a bug :) and occasionally one gets to imagine multi-dimensional diamonds and then build them.

[FredPret]

This helps my imposter syndrome no end

[qorrect]

> A decade or two later you realize you've become accustomed the darkness...

Nice one.