I’m a full time developer and mentor. I’ve been writing and loving code for over 20 years. JavaScript is my favorite language. I also like arguing with people.
I’m a full time developer and mentor. I’ve been writing and loving code for over 20 years. JavaScript is my favorite language. I also like arguing with people.
A lot of people blog for themselves, as a way of cementing their understanding, and plenty of beginners relate to those types of articles as they are naturally not overly technical.
If any junior asks me what they can do, I always suggest blogging.
I’m a full time developer and mentor. I’ve been writing and loving code for over 20 years. JavaScript is my favorite language. I also like arguing with people.
I know and understand why they do it. But what I've been noticing over the years is a groundswell of bad practice, misunderstanding and issues that stem from the prevalence and dominance of articles written by novices for novices. It's starting to get to the point where it does more harm than good.
I'm one of those who are guilty of both but have a few years under me and continue to blog! We all start somewhere and I'm really happy when the community corrects me. Unfortunately without ongoing mentorship between short jobs and no school I don't have the direction on right or wrong, and reading and chatting on the internet is the substitute. I think like anything, a range of sources are important in self study, and being humble and ready to acknowledge errors in thinking is super important.
I don't mean to be that guy. But, wouldn't you expect anyone writing an article on how to do something to be a professional?
Definitely not. I blogged a lot when I was just starting out in development.
That's kind of the point I'm making here.
A lot of people blog for themselves, as a way of cementing their understanding, and plenty of beginners relate to those types of articles as they are naturally not overly technical.
If any junior asks me what they can do, I always suggest blogging.
I know and understand why they do it. But what I've been noticing over the years is a groundswell of bad practice, misunderstanding and issues that stem from the prevalence and dominance of articles written by novices for novices. It's starting to get to the point where it does more harm than good.
I'm one of those who are guilty of both but have a few years under me and continue to blog! We all start somewhere and I'm really happy when the community corrects me. Unfortunately without ongoing mentorship between short jobs and no school I don't have the direction on right or wrong, and reading and chatting on the internet is the substitute. I think like anything, a range of sources are important in self study, and being humble and ready to acknowledge errors in thinking is super important.
I understand the point you're trying to make Stephen, but at the same time I'd never advocate learning solely through blogs.
My point of view is blogging is informal, and isn't designed to "teach" people everything. Naturally, a blog post focuses of something very specific.
Readers should read posts, and will probably learn something from them, but I'd always recommend for people to read from official sources afterwards.