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both works: asking questions or not asking questions. it mainly depends on the person some ppl will learn by doing, they just want to go out there, break stuf
by zwetan 11y ago
both works: asking questions or not asking questions.
it mainly depends on the person
some ppl will learn by doing, they just want to go out there, break stuff, break it, break it, break it again and then they understand it
other ppl will want to know the subject even before writing the first line of code, so they ask questions and questions till they feel they have the thing figured out and they can start
yet other ppl will make an honour point to never ever ask a single question, they would rather spend hours reading doc, specifications, RFC, and whatnot
Who is to say there is a best way? I don't think there is
as a dev what I don't like is beginners asking a bit too obvious questions when all the answers are in the documentation if they took few minutes to read it, and what I really don't like is ppl asking questions feeling entitled to an answer like you owe them
but again it's my personal view on the thing, it's different for everyone
for example, I'm mentoring a friend and he often comes "I will bother you again with a question" (he is learning JavaScript) and it does not bother me at all, whatever the question is: 1. already agreed to help him and 2. it's easy to answer
I would be more worried about someone who want to learn programming and who doesn't care if he/she understand stuff, or is not curious; eg. the "asking questions" part is more about being curious and/or motivated enough to understand things than the act of asking a question, there many ways to understand "asking questions" is just another tool among "reading documentation", "reading previous answers to other ppl questions", etc.
my point: the pace you learn things is totally personal, if you think asking question is faster and you are concerned about the speed then ask a question; but then I could argue in some case you can ask a question and never get an answer (stack overflow) and maybe it is faster to read the doc.