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I basically learned programming by ExpertSexchange, Google (and Altavista...), SourceForge and eventually StackOverflow + GitHub. Many people with more experien
by diggan 1y ago
I basically learned programming by ExpertSexchange, Google (and Altavista...), SourceForge and eventually StackOverflow + GitHub. Many people with more experience than me at the time always told me I was making a deal with the devil since I searched so much, didn't read manuals and asked so many questions instead of thinking for myself.
~15 years later, I don't think I'm worse off than my peers who stayed away from all those websites. Doing the right searches is probably as important as being able to read manuals properly today.
- GeoAtreides 1y ago>I basically learned programming by ExpertSexchange, Google (and Altavista...), SourceForge and eventually StackOverflow + GitHub. Many people with more experience than me at the time always told me I was making a deal with the devil since I searched so much, didn't read manuals and asked so many questions instead of thinking for myself. no they didn't, no one said that i know that because i was around then and everyone was doing the same thing also, maybe there's a difference between searching and collating answers and just copy and pasting a solution _without thinking_ at all
- diggan 1y ago> no they didn't, no one said that You're right, probably hallucinated memory of much more senior people telling me exactly that. > i know that because i was around then and everyone was doing the same thing Damn, we worked together in the same company at that time? Nice to meet you again after all these years. Still thinking of picking up farming once you get out of prison?
- andrekandre 1y ago> ExpertSexchange maybe should have added a space somewhere in there?
- diggan 1y agoI thought explicitly using wrong caps would be enough for most people to get it regardless :)
- andrekandre 1y agoit gave me a chuckle regardless lol