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There was a huge push for "new coders" to start their own blogs about problems they encounter and such, especially as part of the bootcamp that I was working fo
by lwigo 6y ago
There was a huge push for "new coders" to start their own blogs about problems they encounter and such, especially as part of the bootcamp that I was working for. I wonder if that is still a thing.
- jaybeeayyy 6y agoOur bootcamp didn't mention anything about a blog, just having a personal website as a portfolio like usual.
- thomascgalvin 6y agoI wonder if that's for resume padding? People post their blog entries to LinkedIn as social proof of their skills pretty frequently.
- Nasrudith 6y agoPartially but it could also serve as a "learn by teaching" theory concept, forcing them to clarify their understandings to pass it on.
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- kixiQu 6y agoEven though the technical skills I see explained are often quite basic, done well it's valid proof of whether they can explain something in writing, which comes up at my work a lot.
- Kihashi 6y agoThere's also value in having a beginner's perspective on stuff- What concepts weren't clear? Was there some documentation that was difficult for a beginner to grok? What helped the pieces fall into place? There's a school of thought w.r.t. project documentation that encourages beginners to write beginner focused documentation since the people who are experts on the project don't always have the perspective to effectively communicate to beginners.