3 ms·
Very well said. It's wrong to be a dick, but it's also the natural response to a lot of stressful situations. Think of trying to give tech support to relatives,
by irremediable 12y ago
Very well said. It's wrong to be a dick, but it's also the natural response to a lot of stressful situations. Think of trying to give tech support to relatives, for example. It's too easy to get annoyed with other people, and this is especially true when you're under pressure and they're MEANT TO BE HELPING, DAMNIT!
FWIW, I suspect that you're much more experienced in this stuff than me, so it's a bit arrogant for me to offer a suggestion. But still, I'm going to offer one. Is the guy quite self-motivated? If so, one thing that might help you is to spend some time curating good learning resources for him, and then linking him to them. It's essentially the ethical version of RTFM. You help him figure out what the useful "M" actually is, and he'll get himself up to scratch from there.
Just a suggestion, anyway. :)
- AceJohnny2 12y agoThat's actually the route I've been trying to follow, but that's where the experience gap becomes a problem. I can give him some ressources on how to use Git or learn Python, but it's been so long that I don't even know where to start for the CLI :|
- tthrowaway 12y agoI like this: http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Guide-Commands-Editors-Programming/dp/013308504X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1429305939&sr=8-1&keywords=sobell http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Guide-Commands-Editors-Progr... I've also found "Unix for the Impatient" very helpful but the 1995 copyright is a little scary.
- johnmaguire2013 12y agoI found this pretty good for sharing to people, if you're targeting Linux: http://linuxsurvival.com/ http://linuxsurvival.com/ Parts of it are a bit dated (no longer typically used features), but it's a pretty good overview of how Linux works for end users.