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I sincerely hope that you tell that to novices because they probably don't know any better. When you're new to development, it can be extremely difficult to dis
by scriptkiddy 8y ago
I sincerely hope that you tell that to novices because they probably don't know any better. When you're new to development, it can be extremely difficult to distill any problem down to it's root elements. That's a skill that develops with experience. I would argue that it's one of the skills that makes a good developer overall.
Sometimes, all someone needs is a rubber duck. We can help by becoming that rubber duck.
- umvi 8y agoI try to, but honestly SO seems hard for interacting with newbies. Half the time I say stuff to newbies I never get a response, upvote, accept, etc. I don't know if they even saw what I wrote and they just don't have enough rep to comment (is this still a thing?) or if they literally got hit by a bus, etc.
- baud147258 8y agoNew users can't comment, except on their own questions; so if you ask for clarification on their question and they never answered, it's not because SO is preventing them.
- physcab 8y agoWith new programmers, you can't have the expectation that you're going to get a response or be upvoted. You help them precisely because you like helping, not that you expect anything in return. Its the long term goodwill that eventually brings new programmers into the field, because programming is hard! Newbies need to know its ok to take risks and there will be a safety net.
- umvi 8y agoI understand that, it's just hard to know if what I told them was actually helpful or not since I got no feedback