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> In my experience, people who are self-taught or who learned by experience tend to have odd gaps in their knowledge. On the other hand, people who learn from
by JadeNB 1y ago
> In my experience, people who are self-taught or who learned by experience tend to have odd gaps in their knowledge.
On the other hand, people who learn from experts learn, in addition to the experts' wisdom, also the experts' biases and blind spots. Or, to say it differently, being taught by experts is a good way to learn how to do what the experts already know how to do, but not how to do what they don't. (And I say this without casting any shade on the idea of education by the experts—I am a professor by trade.)
- WalterBright 1y agoThat's why one needs both academics and experience. It's not either-or.
- hn_acc1 1y agoYes, this. Study (in my case computer engineering) but work in co-op (multiple 4-month internships). Graduated ready to be hired by several employers.
- JadeNB 1y agoCertainly agreed. As I say, I'm an educator, and I'm not trying to talk my position out of experience; but neither do I want to diminish the potential of the self taught.
- JadeNB 1y agoSorry, "I'm not trying to talk my position out of existence", not "… out of experience".