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So you basically sat on your ass and said "somebody teach me"? No wonder that your colleagues from university got so much better. I never got much help from ot

by dozzie 9y ago

So you basically sat on your ass and said "somebody teach me"? No wonder that your colleagues from university got so much better. I never got much help from other people. In the beginning, I didn't have anybody interested in computers around me at all, yet I managed to learn programming. Then, when I started studying IT and switched to Linux, and I didn't have anybody to systematically learn working with unix from. This happened when I didn't have an access to the internet, and we had very little learning material published (first half of '00 decade), so it wasn't even possible for me to ask a question on StackOverflow or something. And then the pattern repeats a number of times. It's not mentoring that helps people grow. It's learning. It can be done with a teacher/mentor (and in fact it's easier in a number of fields), but it doesn't require one. Don't blame others for your own idleness.

k__ 9y ago
Point wasn't that I was lazy, point was that I had the impression after university I'm a dev and get a job and work.
- dozzie 9y ago
  Then I still don't understand what's your point.
  - k__ 9y ago
    That's okay.
- isostatic 9y ago
  That's a great admission, to admit that to yourself let alone in a pseudo-public environment shows growth and maturity so many tech people often lack
  - k__ 9y ago
    I want to be good in what I do, not just think I am good. Many people can take enough from simply feeling better than everyone around them. On the other hand I often feel bad about myself, which isn't good either.
- 35bge57dtjku 9y ago
  Are you saying it took you 9 years of seeing other people know and learn things you weren't taught at the Uni before you realized you could look things up with Google?
  - k__ 9y ago
    No, I looked many things up and I learned, but it wasn't much and really unstructured. I just came to work and did what had to be done. After years I learned that there is much more and I don't have to fear things that are outside of my comfort zone.

by dozzie 9y ago

k__ 9y ago

Point wasn't that I was lazy, point was that I had the impression after university I'm a dev and get a job and work.

dozzie 9y ago
Then I still don't understand what's your point.
- k__ 9y ago
  That's okay.
isostatic 9y ago
That's a great admission, to admit that to yourself let alone in a pseudo-public environment shows growth and maturity so many tech people often lack
- k__ 9y ago
  I want to be good in what I do, not just think I am good. Many people can take enough from simply feeling better than everyone around them. On the other hand I often feel bad about myself, which isn't good either.
35bge57dtjku 9y ago
Are you saying it took you 9 years of seeing other people know and learn things you weren't taught at the Uni before you realized you could look things up with Google?
- k__ 9y ago
  No, I looked many things up and I learned, but it wasn't much and really unstructured. I just came to work and did what had to be done. After years I learned that there is much more and I don't have to fear things that are outside of my comfort zone.