Are you saying tutorials are useless?
No. They are excellent for orientation: seeing what a technology is, what it feels like, whether you want it. They are poor at building the ability to produce, because following is a different action from producing. Watch one, then close it and rebuild the thing the next day from nothing. The video did its job; the rebuild does yours.
Which language should we start with?
That is genuinely a different question and we answer it properly on the coding roadmap rather than here. The short version is that it matters far less than people think, and much less than whether the learner is ever allowed to be stuck. We start most people on Python and it is not a strong opinion.
How much does it cost?
A group batch of five to eight students is USD 100 a month and one to one is USD 150 a month, billed in US dollars, and these are the same flat figures everywhere we teach outside India. No enrolment fee, no minimum term, and the first class is free without a card.
My child says the class is hard and they liked their old one more. Is something wrong?
Possibly not, and this is the most common conversation we have in month one. A class where a student is mildly frustrated and still going is usually working; a class where everything is smooth is often producing very little. That said, mild frustration and genuine misery are different things, and if it is the second one, tell us, because that is a fit problem and we would rather move them than lose them.
Can this be self-taught?
Yes, and many excellent programmers did exactly that. It is harder mainly for one reason: the method requires somebody to withhold help at the right moment, and almost nobody can withhold help from themselves. The internet will answer in four seconds and the twenty-minute interval is where the learning was.
Is watching recorded classes not more flexible?
More flexible and considerably less effective, which is the trade families should make knowingly. A recording cannot notice you are stuck, cannot decline to help, and cannot ask you to explain it back. Every session here is live for that reason and not for a scheduling one.
How long until my child can build something real?
Something small and genuinely theirs, usually within a term. Something a stranger can use, typically within a year at ninety minutes a week plus build work. Anyone offering a much faster number is describing a guided build, which is a demonstration of the teacher's ability rather than the student's.
Does using AI ruin this?
It can, and it is the newest version of an old trap. Asking a model at the first difficulty removes exactly the interval that produces the skill, and it hides the loss because working code still appears. Our rule is that it comes out after twenty minutes of genuine attempt, and used that way it is a good tutor rather than a substitute for thinking.
What about adults starting from zero?
Everything on this page applies unchanged, with one difference: adults are far more likely to protect their own comfort, because being visibly bad at something is worse at forty than at twelve. The practices are the same and the discipline required is greater. Most adults do best one to one for the first few months.
What happens after I send the form?
A mentor calls to arrange the free class. That session deliberately includes a moment where you are stuck and we do not immediately rescue you, because how that feels is the single most useful thing to know before committing to anything. If you hate it, that is real information and it has cost you nothing.
