RE: FN-FORUM: Mentoring (was: Programmers)

date posted 15th May 2007 17:12


My 2p

When I was lecturing I always told my students 'the only stupid question is
the one that is not asked', I use Google but have seen replies to
'googleable' questions on here that work well as a reference for the future,
so pros and cons all ways.

As I say just my 2p

Dave :)


On Tuesday 15 May 2007 16:55, Martin Wilkins wrote:
> But there are a lot of posts that I don't think google could answer as
well
> as they can be on here like when a person is screwing over some code that
> isn't working and the best option would be for someone with knowledge to
> take a look first hand and see if they can figure it out.

I think this is fair enough - if someone's tried to solve a problem before
asking it always seems a lot more worthwhile helping!

> You may call it lazy to use this forum for help rather than google but I
> don't think so just use what you feel more comfortable with or which ever
> you feel is a more reliable/successful place to get help.

If the answer can be found by just googling, then surely asking in here
instead isn't so much a question of what feels more comfortable, but rather
getting someone else to expend the time and effort to solve it...

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