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Pro tip: my cousin said 'just use Stack Overflow' and that advice almost made me quit coding
He told me this 8 months ago when I was stuck on a Python loop, and every answer I found assumed I already knew 5 other things. What actually worked was the free CS50 course from Harvard and asking in a Discord for newbies, so what's your go-to when the fancy answers make no sense?
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barbara_baker5721d ago
Man, this is the same thing that happens everywhere, not just coding. It's like when you ask a mechanic what's wrong with your car and he starts talking about torque specs and fuel mapping when all you wanted to know was why it's making a weird noise. People forget what it felt like to not know something, so they answer at their own level instead of yours. The good ones remember that feeling and meet you where you're at, which is exactly what that CS50 course and the newbie Discord did for you. I've seen it in cooking, in fitness, in taxes, everywhere, the experts skip the basics because it's boring to them now. Finding one person or one place that doesn't make you feel dumb is worth more than a hundred fancy answers.
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