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4 steps: - I learned how to draw a line - I learned how to turn - I asked the teacher how to "do things over and over" (loop) - I taught myself to draw
by ghurlman 15y ago
4 steps:
- I learned how to draw a line
- I learned how to turn
- I asked the teacher how to "do things over and over" (loop)
- I taught myself to draw a circle
That was day camp, when I was 7, learning LOGO. After that, it was learning how to load things into high memory writing elaborate menu'd boot batch scripts. Then BASIC, middle school classes with Pascal, taught myself C & C++ from books, and then classes on C++ in college.
All self-taught after that - I don't think a single employer I've had has ever paid for a proper training class of any kind.
- bartonfink 15y agoIt always bugs me to hear coworkers complain that employers don't pay for training. We work in an industry that makes it almost hilariously easy to self-study, and most of the things I'd really like to have paid training for are either too new or too esoteric for that training to exist.
- ghurlman 15y agoI think the complaints are valid - after all those employers are reaping the benefits of all that learning. That said - lack of paid-for training is never an excuse to stop learning.
- bartonfink 15y agoTrue, to the extent that those employees share their outside experiences with their work. I prefer to look at off-the-job training as an investment in myself. It may not make my current job pay more, but it will make it easier for me to get a more appealing job next time I'm on the market.