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> A majority of respondents (75%) have been working for 14 or fewer years as a professional developer, meaning they’ve never worked in a world without Stack Ove
by jedberg 4y ago
> A majority of respondents (75%) have been working for 14 or fewer years as a professional developer, meaning they’ve never worked in a world without Stack Overflow.
Oh boy did this make me feel old.
- vgeek 4y agoThe horrors of expertsexchange?
- jedberg 4y agoEven worse -- the horrors of having to find a book in the library to answer your question. When I started working all the senior devs had full bookshelves of O'Reilly books, and if you got stuck you went to them to either ask a question or use their books. Then as they left the company, all of us would fight over who got ownership of the O'Reilly book collection!
- systematical 4y agoThis is how I learned and rounded out the edges with random forums.