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I don't know how valuable content would find me if I didn't have a routine for looking for it. Am I doing something wrong?

by jazoom 9y ago

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coldtea 9y ago
Yes, probably expecting too much content to find you, all being valuable. Valuable content will be a very small minority of content. What the parent means, is that you really need to know, will end up rising from the pile. Take React as an example. A fine technology, which some might have known about them from 2015 or so, by reading HN every day etc. But you really don't have too catch them that early -- nor is there that much of a benefit in doing so. Even with cursory and rare glimpses on technology news sites, or conversations with colleagues, you'll end up learning about React at some point or another. The "routine looking for valuable content" on the other hand, would just bring in tons of noise (short term fads that die off, useless fanboyism, etc).
- jazoom 9y ago
  Maybe I have a different life to you, but content doesn't just find me in this way. Would you believe, I have never actually met another serious programmer since I started coding about 5 years ago? I don't have "colleagues" to have conversations with. I feel ridiculous even writing that.
  - magic_beans 9y ago
    I'm a web dev, been doing it for 5 years, and I've literally NEVER met another soul who reads HN. This might say more about the companies I choose to work for and the people I choose to hang out with, though...
- npsimons 9y ago
  > Even with cursory and rare glimpses on technology news sites, or conversations with colleagues, you'll end up learning about React at some point or another. > The "routine looking for valuable content" on the other hand, would just bring in tons of noise (short term fads that die off, useless fanboyism, etc). This is the exact same reason I don't watch or read the news: http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2013/10/01/the-low-information-diet/ http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2013/10/01/the-low-informatio...

I don't know how valuable content would find me if I didn't have a routine for looking for it. Am I doing something wrong?

by jazoom 9y ago

I don't know how valuable content would find me if I didn't have a routine for looking for it. Am I doing something wrong?

deleted 9y ago

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coldtea 9y ago

Yes, probably expecting too much content to find you, all being valuable. Valuable content will be a very small minority of content. What the parent means, is that you really need to know, will end up rising from the pile. Take React as an example. A fine technology, which some might have known about them from 2015 or so, by reading HN every day etc. But you really don't have too catch them that early -- nor is there that much of a benefit in doing so. Even with cursory and rare glimpses on technology news sites, or conversations with colleagues, you'll end up learning about React at some point or another. The "routine looking for valuable content" on the other hand, would just bring in tons of noise (short term fads that die off, useless fanboyism, etc).

jazoom 9y ago
Maybe I have a different life to you, but content doesn't just find me in this way. Would you believe, I have never actually met another serious programmer since I started coding about 5 years ago? I don't have "colleagues" to have conversations with. I feel ridiculous even writing that.
- magic_beans 9y ago
  I'm a web dev, been doing it for 5 years, and I've literally NEVER met another soul who reads HN. This might say more about the companies I choose to work for and the people I choose to hang out with, though...
npsimons 9y ago
> Even with cursory and rare glimpses on technology news sites, or conversations with colleagues, you'll end up learning about React at some point or another. > The "routine looking for valuable content" on the other hand, would just bring in tons of noise (short term fads that die off, useless fanboyism, etc). This is the exact same reason I don't watch or read the news: http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2013/10/01/the-low-information-diet/ http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2013/10/01/the-low-informatio...