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Isn't thinking that others have little to offer to you a form of elitism as well? It seems neither option is particularly humble.

• spiffytech 16y ago
  It's not that others have little to offer, it's a different style of learning. Just like some people are visual or auditory learners, some are kinesthetic learners. Seeing other people's code does little for me because I miss all of the reasoning that went into it's creation. However, when I've fought through the same problem myself, I understand very thoroughly the traps, pitfalls, and solutions the task entails. When I reach this level, I can read other people's code and clearly see why they did what they did, and how it's better or worse than my method. I have to take a crack at the problem myself first, though, in order to learn well. Reading other people's code is, for me, a way to refine and reinforce my techniques, not to learn entirely new things. I learn much less effectively when I try that.