How to distinguish between a user a programmer or not (that is, in quotes, who understands little)?

Question

IT education

I found mentors and other people on the Internet who answer, help. But how can a beginner tell if he is really a programmer .. (Skills, understanding)
(no one will throw off the crust that he works), and on GirHub xs it is possible to create copy-pastes, fake profiles with other people's codes.

Answer 1

How to find out everything you need by asking the right questions
Year of publication: 2018
Author: Frank Sesno
Translator: Maria Kulneva
Publisher: Alpina Digital
ISBN: 978-5-9614-0923-9
Language: Russian
Year of publication: 2017
Author: Heidi Grant Halvorson
Translator: Yuliya Tsygankova
Publisher: Mann, Ivanov i Ferber (MIF)
ISBN: 978-5-00100-842-2
Year of publication: 2018
Author: Eric Chadler, Lizi Johnson
Translator: Aleksandr Nikolaevich Anvaer
Publisher: AST
ISBN: 978-5-17-105209-6
Author: Thomas Erikson
Translator: Katarina Muradyan
Publisher: Eksmo
ISBN: 978-5-04-091213-1
Date of writing: 2014
Date of translation: 2018

Answer 2

No way.

Answer 3

And it makes no sense if it gives normal answers, I was probably the most popular responder for a year on one Unix forum, although at that time I never installed Linux and did not work with it, but no one complained

Answer 4

Yes, on github you can create clones of someone else's software and generally upload anything you want.
If a mentor gives good advice that helps you solve problems, then at least he knows what he is talking about (or knows how to google better than you).
If it is difficult to answer or his advice does not help with solving problems, then most likely he himself is a beginner or does not own this topic, and he also does not know how to google or is lazy.

Answer 5

And what difference does it make who exactly gave the answer, the facts are important - whether the answer turned out to be useful or not. Knowingly harmful answers cannot be given on the Toaster for the reason that other users get acquainted with other people's answers and in which case they will write in the comments to the answer if it is harmful or recommends very bad coding practice.
Regarding the github - the concept itself implies that users fork other people's repositories and make changes there if necessary, this is not theft (unless, of course, the thief impersonates the author). But then again, stealing someone else's code and passing it off as your own will be revealed sooner or later, I don’t think that it will bring any benefit to anyone, and no one has repealed copyright laws.