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> If you got stuck there was nobody who was going to help out and you just had to puzzle it out vs the example in one of the few how-to books Maybe, ironically
by Will_Parker 9y ago
> If you got stuck there was nobody who was going to help out and you just had to puzzle it out vs the example in one of the few how-to books
Maybe, ironically, one of the advantages we had is that these difficulties forced us into a much better learning environment, when the answers weren't all immediately available through Google? Being the one who can self-learn extremely well gives us a big advantage when given a new problem or technology stack.
- BigJono 9y agoI think this is definitely the case. Have a browse over Stack Overflow. Most of the questions are asking very specific things and getting very specific answers. Rarely is the context explained properly by either party. People use these questions for future reference, which results in them just trying random stuff until it works. If it doesn't work, they just revert the code and go on to the next question instead of learning why.