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> On the other hand, there was no engagement with the material. You read the textbook, watched the TV, and went in to take the tests. End of story. For an intr
by garmaine 5y ago
> On the other hand, there was no engagement with the material. You read the textbook, watched the TV, and went in to take the tests. End of story.
For an introverted autodidact like me, that’s all I want. But I recognize I truly am in the minority here.
- maeil 5y agoDon't think intro/extroversion plays much of a role here, I'm probably an extroverted autodidact and that's still my ideal model for learning. What I enjoy doing in my free time is completely separate from that. Sure, in an ideal world I'd have in-person lectures that are as high production value as the recorded lecture(/TV) in question, but 99.9% of the time I won't be getting those.
- mcguire 5y agoDo you ever go to technical meetups? Conferences? Get together with anyone to discuss what you've learned?
- garmaine 5y agoOnly those conferences work requires me to go to. I don’t get much out of them, to be honest. I never attend meetups. (I did a few times in the past, they were worse than useless to me.) I’ve had beers with other devs in my field, and very productive cross-industry meetings. But general agenda-less meetups are not useful, no.