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Downvote because it doesn't really have anything to do with what he is asking. You claim that someone who does the job is valuable, nobody disagrees. He asks;

Downvote because it doesn't really have anything to do with what he is asking. You claim that someone who does the job is valuable, nobody disagrees. He asks; where can I find good explanations of concepts that I've found useful throughout my career and I want to pass on to my juniors? See how this justifies a downvote?

THENATHE 4y ago
The statement is that if he cannot verbally pass that information on and have them get interested/excited, no amount of documenting and cataloging that info is going to make them suddenly want to read it. No level of explanation is going to be helpful to them when they don’t care enough to listen/read. And I claimed nothing about “someone who does the job is valuable”. My claim was that there are, generally speaking, three types of workers and the vast majority of workers are unlike OP, in the sense that they probably don’t care in the slightest because they are 9-5 workers or someone who would rather learn themselves.
- openfuture 4y ago
  You are ascribing an extreme personality to these people while criticizing the other extreme and I'm saying that the most reasonable thing is somewhere in the middle; just help the man with what he intends to do.
  - THENATHE 4y ago
    I’m trying to stop him from wasting his time. If he wants to make a repository to help the world at large, that is a fantastic idea because there is someone who will read it. But if he wants to do this specifically with regards to passing on information to his juniors, he should just actually train/teach them. If they are receptive to the info they will ask questions. If they aren’t, no amount of cataloguing will change that. That was my whole point. The dude is clearly looking for a project and is barking up a tree that is gonna make him feel useless.
    - openfuture 4y ago
      Okay, that is a fair take, in the end it will depend on the student what kind of teaching methodology will work best but it is indeed unlikely that they will gain more from him trying to write a book than him sitting down with them. Maybe with that as a baseline understanding the next interpretation of his question becomes: where can I find others in a similar predicament so that we can collaborate on building the book (as I gain experience coaching these juniors and need support network when I am flummoxed)?

THENATHE 4y ago

The statement is that if he cannot verbally pass that information on and have them get interested/excited, no amount of documenting and cataloging that info is going to make them suddenly want to read it. No level of explanation is going to be helpful to them when they don’t care enough to listen/read. And I claimed nothing about “someone who does the job is valuable”. My claim was that there are, generally speaking, three types of workers and the vast majority of workers are unlike OP, in the sense that they probably don’t care in the slightest because they are 9-5 workers or someone who would rather learn themselves.

openfuture 4y ago
You are ascribing an extreme personality to these people while criticizing the other extreme and I'm saying that the most reasonable thing is somewhere in the middle; just help the man with what he intends to do.
- THENATHE 4y ago
  I’m trying to stop him from wasting his time. If he wants to make a repository to help the world at large, that is a fantastic idea because there is someone who will read it. But if he wants to do this specifically with regards to passing on information to his juniors, he should just actually train/teach them. If they are receptive to the info they will ask questions. If they aren’t, no amount of cataloguing will change that. That was my whole point. The dude is clearly looking for a project and is barking up a tree that is gonna make him feel useless.
  - openfuture 4y ago
    Okay, that is a fair take, in the end it will depend on the student what kind of teaching methodology will work best but it is indeed unlikely that they will gain more from him trying to write a book than him sitting down with them. Maybe with that as a baseline understanding the next interpretation of his question becomes: where can I find others in a similar predicament so that we can collaborate on building the book (as I gain experience coaching these juniors and need support network when I am flummoxed)?