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StackOverflow is fine when learning a new language. But indeed, hardly seems to help in real-world problems.
by Insanity 7y ago
StackOverflow is fine when learning a new language. But indeed, hardly seems to help in real-world problems.
- Msurrow 7y agoThats why I put in the "know how to ask questions" part. Sure, a lot of the time you don't get an answer. And you end up figuring out stuff the hard way yourself. But then I always force myself to go back and answer my own question. It might help the next guy, but more importantly if I have to answer the question myself I need to put what I learned in writing.. and in an understandable way as well. Often the exercise of explaining it will make me understand even better.
- shantly 7y agoIt's pretty nice for "is this thing I've encountered in this (API/library/SDK/tool) with no public issue or bugtracker a bug, or am I screwing up?" sorts of questions.
- perl4ever 7y agoYou can often progress via reading wrong answers. “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.” -Thomas Edison ...and it's so much better to learn from others' failures.