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To be a bit brutal: Peter Programmer knows Python very well and is a highly skilled programmer, but there is a rep hurdle Peter can't pass because there are al
by Deestan 16y ago
To be a bit brutal:
Peter Programmer knows Python very well and is a highly skilled programmer, but there is a rep hurdle Peter can't pass because there are already tons of eager Python programmers answering every question at least as good as Peter. This means SO doesn't need Peter or his contributions. At all.
If your contributions are unique and useful, you pass the rep hurdle easily.
- Goladus 16y agoUnique and useful to lots of people, you pass the rep hurdle easily. If it's only useful to a few people passing the rep hurdle will take a very long time.
- SomeCallMeTim 16y agoYeah, I answered several Android development questions, and at first got NO votes, despite having the best (and sometimes only) answer. So I trolled the "new" queue for five minutes, found a C++ question, answered it, and POOF, I had some rep. It helps that I know C++ REALLY well. Eventually those Android answers started getting upvotes, and now I have somewhere around 400 rep, which is enough to do what I need. The badges bust me up. It's like a video game -- for programming questions! In any event, being able to comment and vote on answers was what I wanted.
- dheerosaur 16y agoAs you have mentioned Python, let met tell you that the Python community on SO is awesome. People generally upvote all the good/correct answers to a question. This will not only appreciate their good work, but also make them answer more questions. In recent days, the percentage of questions on HTML/CSS, jQuery has increased greatly. The questions related to general purpose programming languages tend to be more unique than HTML/CSS.