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Stackoverflow has undoubtably made me a better developer. Sometimes you get stuck on things that are blockers and time consuming but there isn't a lot of learn
by rosehill 11y ago
Stackoverflow has undoubtably made me a better developer.
Sometimes you get stuck on things that are blockers and time consuming but there isn't a lot of learning value there.
Saving time on these kind of blockers means i can spend more time on learning concepts and higher level things that help me become a better coder.
- dozzie 11y agoWhat kind of things you are talking about? I only use StackOverflow undeliberately, when it pops out for a (mostly trivial) ramp-up code snippet I could find in documentation, but I'm too lazy to dig in it.
- rosehill 11y agoSay for example things you have coded before but can't remember the syntax off hand. Might quickly look it up on StackOverflow. It's like having a pair coder with you.
- dozzie 11y agoYou can quickly look it up on any general internet search engine. I don't see why StackOverflow is somewhat special here.
- LenSys 11y agoThat's what I don't get either. StackOverflow is definitely a good website, but why limit yourself to one site when you can just google your problem and likely find more answers?
- manicdee 11y agoBecause you're not more likely to find more answers. You're more likely to find Yahoo answers, which aren't really answers. Quantity does not make up for quality.