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Why Rockstar Developers Don't Ask for Help

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Re: Why Rockstar Developers Don't Ask for Help

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Post by tracker1 »

Chlorus wrote: post #51
cfontes wrote: post #43

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Interresting, how to you handle the time pressure that stopping and reading the whole documentation generates? (Pick Spring documentation for example)

Documentation is cheating; you'll never become a rockstar developer that way! Most writers will try to answer the most common questions that a dev will have about their code; this is just as bad, if not worse, than asking them questions yourself. You need to read the source code to truly understand. I shudder at all the young minds that have been warped by the 'USAGE' statements in man pages; back in my day, we used…

LOL, that seems to be the case with node projects today... there are plenty of modules that work great, and have some documentation, but when you want to use something in a different way, you have to dig into it.

Re: Why Rockstar Developers Don't Ask for Help

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Post by mark-r »

outworlder wrote: post #46

I believe the title is misleading. And contains the childish 'rockstar' moniker. Other than that, it's actually pretty good. People underestimate the value of spinning your wheels at a problem. Usually, you end up figuring out a lot more than you initially though. Even if you do end up having to ask for help - at least you know what NOT to ask. The thing about wheel spinning is that you'll eventually bury yourself if…

If you do it often enough, you should also learn where the point of burial is so you can avoid it.

Re: Why Rockstar Developers Don't Ask for Help

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Post by Chlorus »

jrs235 wrote: post #56
shkkmo wrote: post #40

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1) Asking good questions is important, the process of forming a good question will often lead you to your solution. 2) Giving good answers is also important. You could show the person asking the question how to solve their problem, or you could show the person how to find the solution to that problem. 3) Even if you are asking good questions and getting good answers, there is still value in having to force your way p…

1) Absolutely 2) Teaching is ideal. Except... 3) Too many people today don't care about anything but the answer. They are lazy and/or uninterested in learning and growing. Take for example one of my In-Laws and their dishwasher, they a) never knew about rinse aid and b) stack the dishes too full and/or on the wrong rack resulting in half the dishes coming out still dirty. They think they are saving time and "winning"…

You sound like you have a deep psychic wound from this.

"Too many people everywhere, all the time don't care about anything but the answer." FTFY

Cannot believe this site has devolved to someone bitching about an incorrectly loaded dishwasher.

Re: Why Rockstar Developers Don't Ask for Help

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Post by jrs235 »

Chlorus wrote: post #63
jrs235 wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1) Absolutely 2) Teaching is ideal. Except... 3) Too many people today don't care about anything but the answer. They are lazy and/or uninterested in learning and growing. Take for example one of my In-Laws and their dishwasher, they a) never knew about rinse aid and b) stack the dishes too full and/or on the wrong rack resulting in half the dishes coming out still dirty. They think they are saving time and "winning"…

You sound like you have a deep psychic wound from this. "Too many people everywhere, all the time don't care about anything but the answer." FTFY Cannot believe this site has devolved to someone bitching about an incorrectly loaded dishwasher.

This comment would be better without that first and third sentence.

Re: Why Rockstar Developers Don't Ask for Help

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Post by LukeB_UK »

I actively encourage people to ask me questions. I never directly tell them how to solve it though, I give them helpful nudges towards the answer so that they can learn it and solve it themselves. Seeing the moment when someone figures it out is great.

If someone asks me a question looking for a discussion on how something should be done, I'll gladly have a discussion as long as it's not simply me telling them how to do it.

As other commenters have said here. Asking questions is good, asking good questions is even better.

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