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My 2cents. Don't be fooled by this false sense of know-how when you just start being able to write some html/js stuff. Googling a problem is a reflex when you

by bpizzi 12y ago

My 2cents. Don't be fooled by this false sense of know-how when you just start being able to write some html/js stuff. Googling a problem is a reflex when you start coding, and yes, good or bad googling abilities could be the difference between you still being in the industry in 5 years or not. But, still, this is only a first step on your path, and stopping there will also stop you from being a real hacker. There are things that just can't be resolved with a single search: "How to center a div in CSS" is not like "How to share load across different servers", because a big question must be divided into a lot a smaller ones, and there comes the difference between you and your "code-god compatriot". So the real path looks more like this: 1- read good literature (CS, functionnal programming, network, etc), 2- exercise, 3- read good code, 4- exercise, 5- goto 1. Anyhow, best of luck at Google ;)

collyw 12y ago
I started learning in 2000, before Google was big and Stack Oveflow didn't exist. I think every new programmer gets a false sense of how easy everything is. 14 years of learning later, I now realize how little I know.
- coldcode 12y ago
  I started coding in high school in 1973 and professionally in 1981 with no benefit of any classes (other than the one in high school). Believe me I prefer to live in the modern age where your knowledge is expanded by the world's collective brains. In the "old days" you only had your own brain and limited library books and periodicals and maybe a good buddy. It was much harder than today to do anything you didn't already know but we didn't know any other way. Today it's much easier to find information, get ideas and opinions. I even use Google to find method names in iOS documentation (Xcode's sucks). But you still need to be able to understand what you read, decide if it is relevant, and how to apply it. Those things you can't just learn from Google fu, it takes experience, trial and error, and a willingness to recognize when you are wrong.

by bpizzi 12y ago

collyw 12y ago

I started learning in 2000, before Google was big and Stack Oveflow didn't exist. I think every new programmer gets a false sense of how easy everything is. 14 years of learning later, I now realize how little I know.

coldcode 12y ago
I started coding in high school in 1973 and professionally in 1981 with no benefit of any classes (other than the one in high school). Believe me I prefer to live in the modern age where your knowledge is expanded by the world's collective brains. In the "old days" you only had your own brain and limited library books and periodicals and maybe a good buddy. It was much harder than today to do anything you didn't already know but we didn't know any other way. Today it's much easier to find information, get ideas and opinions. I even use Google to find method names in iOS documentation (Xcode's sucks). But you still need to be able to understand what you read, decide if it is relevant, and how to apply it. Those things you can't just learn from Google fu, it takes experience, trial and error, and a willingness to recognize when you are wrong.