I am a developer with a passion for testing. I've been coding for 14 years and I want to share my experience and learnings with other developers to help them write better software.
This is a really interesting conversation and I agree with you about Stack Overflow.
It's a really useful resource but also a really hostile place. I gave up posting stuff there years ago. I found you either got abuse or no credit when you got something right.
I've also found as I've grown into a senior developer and now a head of tech I use it less and less. I only use it now if I'm being super lazy and can't be bothered to read the docs or code itself to solve a problem.
If Stack Overflow isn't for junior and mid level Devs I don't know who it's for.
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I'm a Software Engineer and a teacher.
There's no feeling quite like the one you get when you watch someone's eyes light up learning something they didn't know.
If Stack Overflow isn't for junior and mid level Devs I don't know who it's for.
It seems to be for a very specific "type" of programmers, the kinds who see themselves as the gatekeepers of an ancient knowledge only the most qualified can dare approach.
The same kinds who still think writing algorithms on a whiteboard is an effective interviewing strategy.
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This is a really interesting conversation and I agree with you about Stack Overflow.
It's a really useful resource but also a really hostile place. I gave up posting stuff there years ago. I found you either got abuse or no credit when you got something right.
I've also found as I've grown into a senior developer and now a head of tech I use it less and less. I only use it now if I'm being super lazy and can't be bothered to read the docs or code itself to solve a problem.
If Stack Overflow isn't for junior and mid level Devs I don't know who it's for.
It seems to be for a very specific "type" of programmers, the kinds who see themselves as the gatekeepers of an ancient knowledge only the most qualified can dare approach.
The same kinds who still think writing algorithms on a whiteboard is an effective interviewing strategy.