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That is a good one, I think we are in the "age of skimming" where people obtain information through titles and descriptions rather than reading the content in its entirety. I think the sheer amount of information available online can be overwhelming. Instead of going in-depth on one thing, we skim a variety of things to make sure we get it all. There is also the reason of "I don't have time" that we all tell ourselves, but articles usually take around five minutes to read (or have an "X minute read" indicator). I know I have that time to spare and I'm sure others do as well, we just need to focus our efforts a little more.
I've been a professional C, Perl, PHP and Python developer.
I'm an ex-sysadmin from the late 20th century.
These days I do more Javascript and CSS and whatnot, and promote UX and accessibility.
Another one is "multitasking" to save time. I hate this so much... the number of times i had to repeat myself, over and over, because people on video call are doing something "in the background" made me skip 99% of meetings altogether - its just pure waste of time.
Anyone who thinks he/she is good at multitasking is just plain wrong. Do one thing, but do it good, instead of doing 3 things badly.
Yep, and I think there's a lot of value in skimming, or even just keeping plugged into the headlines.
For example, if you're floating around JavaScript land, you can kind of pay attention to the headlines and see some trends relating to TypeScript, maybe Svelte, React Hooks, etc. There's value in staying tuned into the headlines, but if you don't have the discipline to go in depth as well, you really don't know much of anything at the end of the day.
One of the most salient features of our Tech Hiring culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted.
@ben
there should be a serenity prayer for skimming vs really reading
God, grant me
Serenity to set aside the things that are not valuable to me right now,
Courage to deeply read what I had intended to read,
And wisdom to keep those two activities separate.
(personally I'm still struggling)
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That is a good one, I think we are in the "age of skimming" where people obtain information through titles and descriptions rather than reading the content in its entirety. I think the sheer amount of information available online can be overwhelming. Instead of going in-depth on one thing, we skim a variety of things to make sure we get it all. There is also the reason of "I don't have time" that we all tell ourselves, but articles usually take around five minutes to read (or have an "X minute read" indicator). I know I have that time to spare and I'm sure others do as well, we just need to focus our efforts a little more.
I literally read the first line of this post and scrolled down to the comments.
Another one is "multitasking" to save time. I hate this so much... the number of times i had to repeat myself, over and over, because people on video call are doing something "in the background" made me skip 99% of meetings altogether - its just pure waste of time.
Anyone who thinks he/she is good at multitasking is just plain wrong. Do one thing, but do it good, instead of doing 3 things badly.
Yep, and I think there's a lot of value in skimming, or even just keeping plugged into the headlines.
For example, if you're floating around JavaScript land, you can kind of pay attention to the headlines and see some trends relating to TypeScript, maybe Svelte, React Hooks, etc. There's value in staying tuned into the headlines, but if you don't have the discipline to go in depth as well, you really don't know much of anything at the end of the day.
@ben there should be a serenity prayer for skimming vs really reading
(personally I'm still struggling)