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SO should not be the point they start, then. They need some sort of mentoring/tutoring service, or start with a low-level beginner Online Course to help them le

by zo1 11y ago

SO should not be the point they start, then. They need some sort of mentoring/tutoring service, or start with a low-level beginner Online Course to help them learn the terms. Once they have that under their belt, their knowledge/experience has been "bootstrapped" enough such that they know what they don't know, or where they need help, etc.

TheOtherHobbes 11y ago
That's not helpful if those things aren't available or easy to find - which, for most beginners, they aren't. (An online course in what, exactly? Web design? C? JavaScript? Scratch? CS fundamentals? "Coding"?) The SO approach is just nasty - unforgivably so, IMO. SO could at least have split into abs. beginner/more experienced beginner/journeyman/professional/expert levels. Currently it just seems to provide an excuse for not very interesting people to bully beginners instead of helping them.