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Discussion on: Advanced devs and beginner devs can co-exist harmoniously. It's not rocket science.

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Antero Karki

Spot on.

I can't remember how many times I've googled something, clicked the top link to SO and instead of finding the answer I'm looking for, the person asking the question is being scolded for not asking the question correctly. I suppose that's one of the reasons I never really got active there.

SO isn't designed for the thing they want but perfectly designed for people fairly new to the industry, a technology, etc to ask the same simple questions over and over. Using moderators and self proclaimed experts to fight that just seems futile.

The problem with experts are that they tend to lose perspective on what is expert and what is basic knowledge.

Though it still is a good source for technical knowledge. Often I search for things that are probably considered fairly basic but I don't use often enough to bother to remember, usually takes me to SO via google or duck.