I hate this attitude: "Rather than truly struggling with a problem, developers can now just ask Stack Overflow users to solve it for them."
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Replying to @sarahmei
We shouldn't shame new developers into struggling with a problem when they could seek documentation or social support.
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Replying to @sarahmei
Just because I had to struggle alone through undocumented open source in the late 90s doesn't mean it's a virtue.
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Replying to @sarahmei
This is some straight up survivorship bias. More documentation and social support will NEVER be a net negative.
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Replying to @wycats
@wycats@sarahmei People empathize less with others when they've experienced the situation others are facing. https://hbr.org/2015/10/its-harder-to-empathize-with-people-if-youve-been-in-their-shoes … :(1 reply 2 retweets 3 likes
@jakeonrails @sarahmei Hm. I haven't found this to be personally true, but I could believe it.
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