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Hi Mike, This is my first post here so I will try to fit to how things work here. François Rabelais wrote this sentence: “Science without conscience is the so

by zadyree 11y ago

Hi Mike, This is my first post here so I will try to fit to how things work here. François Rabelais wrote this sentence: “Science without conscience is the soul's perdition.” The aim of a programmer is to deeply learn how things work and to be able to learn it fast. In my opinion, the best way to reach this point is to FACE the problem BEFORE possessing the appropriate knowledge. This approach allows you to get way more knowledge from the course/guide/whitepaper because it will answer to many sub-questions had in mind. Many hackers use this method to learn tremendously complex things.

jbchoo 11y ago
Hello Zadyree, Your perspective is interesting. I'm interested to find out more. Could you describe in detail what do you mean by "the best... FACE the problem BEFORE... knowledge."? Best wishes, Jek
- zadyree 11y ago
  With pleasure. We usually say it is better to first master the theory, in order to possess all arms we need to solve a problem. The problem of such approach is we first have no idea of the real use of the theory. We then learn by practicing over and over. Using the learning method I proposed, you will spend time on understanding the problem without having enough knowledge to solve it, but once you access the theory (made by people who did researches to solve it before), you may start to understand the whole system because you feel concerned by what the theory provides you with.
thenomad 11y ago
100% agree. Trying to do things that are beyond your current experience, making the best stab at it you can, and then looking around for how to do it better: that's a superb way to learn. I've been employing it all this year to rapidly transition from animation to live-action films. It works very well, not least because after bashing your head off a suboptimal solution to a problem, you're far more likely to remember the best-practise way of doing it.

by zadyree 11y ago

jbchoo 11y ago

Hello Zadyree, Your perspective is interesting. I'm interested to find out more. Could you describe in detail what do you mean by "the best... FACE the problem BEFORE... knowledge."? Best wishes, Jek

zadyree 11y ago
With pleasure. We usually say it is better to first master the theory, in order to possess all arms we need to solve a problem. The problem of such approach is we first have no idea of the real use of the theory. We then learn by practicing over and over. Using the learning method I proposed, you will spend time on understanding the problem without having enough knowledge to solve it, but once you access the theory (made by people who did researches to solve it before), you may start to understand the whole system because you feel concerned by what the theory provides you with.

thenomad 11y ago

100% agree. Trying to do things that are beyond your current experience, making the best stab at it you can, and then looking around for how to do it better: that's a superb way to learn. I've been employing it all this year to rapidly transition from animation to live-action films. It works very well, not least because after bashing your head off a suboptimal solution to a problem, you're far more likely to remember the best-practise way of doing it.