Ask HN: Teaching Code to Someone That Asked Me for a Job
&gt;However, I made a deal with him where I would give him a little more money that what he asked for and he wouldn&#x27;t need to pay me if he committed to learning how to code (with my assistance).<p>I would highly recommend against this.<p>If you lend money to someone, expect to never get it back ever, regardless of the deal you made. I know this from personal experience.<p>What I also know from personal experience is not to expect someone to learn how to code because you want them to. I gave my old laptop (which was still working well) to my cousin under the condition that he completed a single Udacity course on programming. I will tell you right now that he did not even come close to finishing the course.<p>I don&#x27;t know you or your friend of course, but if I had to put my money on it, your friend is not going to learn to code, and you&#x27;re not going to get your money back for a <i>long</i> time, if ever.