[majugi]

It's really quite unbelievable. I was expecting the article to at least be about how the author actually helped someone learn to code. Even then, the title and presentation would seem smug and self-serving to me, but I could overlook that for the feel-good story. However, what's actually written is far worse: this post is being written without the author having approached the man or knowing anything about him at all aside from a superficial judgement of "drive". Then there's the straight-from-a-reality-show choice of $100 versus books and a laptop; but it's okay, because this choice will be offered "without disrespecting him".

I'm all for philanthropy, and it's always great that someone's willing to put their time and money into helping others, but this really comes across as more of an art performance than genuine help. Isn't it basic courtesy to talk to someone before writing a blog post about how you're going to reform their sorry life with your programming teaching skill?