4 ms·

> Posting and sharing your experiences can help you reflect on where you went wrong, and what you did right. You can reflect on something without broadcasting

by irix20 10y ago

> Posting and sharing your experiences can help you reflect on where you went wrong, and what you did right. You can reflect on something without broadcasting it to the entire world, and if you're a novice, how do you really know what you did right? How do you know your advice isn't leading other novices astray? > This is a perfectly valid thing to do. It's "valid" as in legal, but hardly commendable. This style of blogging is generally unhelpful, unproductive, and it reeks of self-promotion.

yunolisten 10y ago
> how do you really know what you did right? How do you know your advice isn't leading other novices astray? You seem to believe everyone fits into a pattern you have preconceived. I was speaking generically, some people find it valid and valuable to do so, which does not mean that you (specifically) will find any value in it. I don't read about sports, should nobody be able to write their opinion about a sporting event? How do we know this may not lead novice sports persons astray? >It's "valid" as in legal, but hardly commendable. While arguable not 'commendable' is it 100% of the time reprehensible?
- irix20 10y ago
  > should nobody be able to write their opinion about a sporting event A better analogy would be someone starting a medical blog after having read a book or two and crafting a profile for it that gives the reader the impression that they're some kind of medical professional. This is in effect what these medium bloggers do when they claim to be a "fullstack" developer specializing in RoR, JS, React, Node.js, etc. despite having only graduated from a bootcamp last week. > While arguable not 'commendable' is it 100% of the time reprehensible? I never said it was reprehensible, but it's unfortunate that the people whose voices are heard the most are generally the least worth hearing, that many of the best programmers never blog at all while these incompetents drone on and on, and that many of the best programmer blogs, such as Pershing on Programming, aren't read.
  - yunolisten 10y ago
    > Novice programmers shouldn't have blogs. A blog is a public platform, a soapbox, for sharing your thoughts. Either you believe that people have the right to air their opinion/experience or you don't. How accurate it may be is somewhat irrelevant. If they do have a blog, people can contact them or otherwise reply in public, calling them out should the be spreading BS. Who decides when people have enough of whatever quality you deem satisfactory to be allowed to share their thoughts and experiences with the world? People being full of BS is not a problem which is unique to the internet, it's just easier for them to post, and easier for you to ignore than someone standing yelling something at you.
BWStearns 10y ago
>> if you're a novice, how do you really know what you did right? Enable comments or post to Reddit. If you're wrong there are content editors roaming the web who are alarmingly well informed and fast, and free of charge.

by irix20 10y ago

yunolisten 10y ago

> how do you really know what you did right? How do you know your advice isn't leading other novices astray? You seem to believe everyone fits into a pattern you have preconceived. I was speaking generically, some people find it valid and valuable to do so, which does not mean that you (specifically) will find any value in it. I don't read about sports, should nobody be able to write their opinion about a sporting event? How do we know this may not lead novice sports persons astray? >It's "valid" as in legal, but hardly commendable. While arguable not 'commendable' is it 100% of the time reprehensible?

irix20 10y ago
> should nobody be able to write their opinion about a sporting event A better analogy would be someone starting a medical blog after having read a book or two and crafting a profile for it that gives the reader the impression that they're some kind of medical professional. This is in effect what these medium bloggers do when they claim to be a "fullstack" developer specializing in RoR, JS, React, Node.js, etc. despite having only graduated from a bootcamp last week. > While arguable not 'commendable' is it 100% of the time reprehensible? I never said it was reprehensible, but it's unfortunate that the people whose voices are heard the most are generally the least worth hearing, that many of the best programmers never blog at all while these incompetents drone on and on, and that many of the best programmer blogs, such as Pershing on Programming, aren't read.
- yunolisten 10y ago
  > Novice programmers shouldn't have blogs. A blog is a public platform, a soapbox, for sharing your thoughts. Either you believe that people have the right to air their opinion/experience or you don't. How accurate it may be is somewhat irrelevant. If they do have a blog, people can contact them or otherwise reply in public, calling them out should the be spreading BS. Who decides when people have enough of whatever quality you deem satisfactory to be allowed to share their thoughts and experiences with the world? People being full of BS is not a problem which is unique to the internet, it's just easier for them to post, and easier for you to ignore than someone standing yelling something at you.

BWStearns 10y ago

>> if you're a novice, how do you really know what you did right? Enable comments or post to Reddit. If you're wrong there are content editors roaming the web who are alarmingly well informed and fast, and free of charge.