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Most of the questions asked on SO generally fall upon a spectrum of either "super domain specific" or "fundamental misunderstanding about a language". And then
by tkahn6 16y ago
Most of the questions asked on SO generally fall upon a spectrum of either "super domain specific" or "fundamental misunderstanding about a language". And then you have questions orthogonal to those classifications such as "what's the best IDE" or "do you think programmers MUST have two monitors?".
There are comparatively few questions that would fall under the category of computer science. I would be hesitant to say that having a lot of points on SO would automatically mean you are a genius programmer or problem solver.
Go look at Jon Skeet's top grossing answers. Only one of them is related to computer science.
- barrkel 16y agoTop questions and top answers are almost by definition bikeshedding trivia, because those are the only kind which can draw a large enough population to get really high votes.
- tkahn6 16y agoDefinitely true. The point I should have emphasized is that the StackOverflow questions and answers usually are about a user's experience with a framework/language or lack thereof. Few questions require answers that are creative or profoundly intellectual.