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I myself am, and I've also had colleagues that are. Only thing I've noticed is that the way we absorb information and master it is very different from some of

I myself am, and I've also had colleagues that are. Only thing I've noticed is that the way we absorb information and master it is very different from some of my colleagues. RTFM is really a struggle, and instead I do better learning through a million smaller pokes that slowly build familiarity (e.g. videos + playing with actual code, even if you don't fully grasp it). I struggled more in college with contrived examples and math-like definitions, but you show me how it works and it working, and I get it very quickly. As far as fonts/IDEs? Nothing unusual, just a high quality code font (monospaced, like Cascadia Code, Jetbrains Mono, etc), with normal autocomplete/AI suggestions. I do set my DPI to 125% but that may be an eyesight/personal preference thing.

jethro_tell 5y ago
That and tab complete, I tab complete prose, I tab complete commands, I'll tab complete the last letter of the command to make sure it's a command. I'll tab complete while I code to keep those small errors out of the picture.
jeppesen-io 5y ago
> RTFM is really a struggle, and instead I do better learning through a million smaller pokes that slowly build familiarity (e.g. videos + playing with actual code, even if you don't fully grasp it). You know, I never thought about it but this really rings true for me. I'm the same. I think sometimes it's an advantage to learn this - the mental model I build can be very different from someone who RTFM
spoiler 5y ago
I second all that you said, even about RTFM struggles. I'd like to expand on RTFM, thought: for me it really depends on how it's structured. If it's a very "formal" or dry docs, I have problems absorbing them, but if they're informal or playful, I'm much better at absorbing them, even of they're information dense. There's a fine line, though. Too playful and you'll lose me. Also, progressive build up with examples (especially interactive ones) help me a lot, too. I think this might be true for everyone, but for dyslexic people especially. Edit: ROFL. I proofread it and didn't notice the typos/poor word placement until after posting. Leaving them in, to remain in the spirit of the thread.

jethro_tell 5y ago

That and tab complete, I tab complete prose, I tab complete commands, I'll tab complete the last letter of the command to make sure it's a command. I'll tab complete while I code to keep those small errors out of the picture.

jeppesen-io 5y ago

> RTFM is really a struggle, and instead I do better learning through a million smaller pokes that slowly build familiarity (e.g. videos + playing with actual code, even if you don't fully grasp it). You know, I never thought about it but this really rings true for me. I'm the same. I think sometimes it's an advantage to learn this - the mental model I build can be very different from someone who RTFM

spoiler 5y ago

I second all that you said, even about RTFM struggles. I'd like to expand on RTFM, thought: for me it really depends on how it's structured. If it's a very "formal" or dry docs, I have problems absorbing them, but if they're informal or playful, I'm much better at absorbing them, even of they're information dense. There's a fine line, though. Too playful and you'll lose me. Also, progressive build up with examples (especially interactive ones) help me a lot, too. I think this might be true for everyone, but for dyslexic people especially. Edit: ROFL. I proofread it and didn't notice the typos/poor word placement until after posting. Leaving them in, to remain in the spirit of the thread.