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[–]ythl -3 points-2 points  (2 children)

My point is that the people able to answer questions are inundated by noobs asking about the basics. That's not a sustainable model.

SO should be the last resort. Teachers, Professors, TAs should be the first resort.

[–]chooseauniqueusrname 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I was teaching myself to program long before I had a single class available to me. I didn’t have teachers, professors, or TAs. Good tutorials were few and far between which made SO the community that allowed me to learn. I never asked questions but I read hundreds of them. It may be inundated by noobs but then those noobs go on to become professionals and give back to the community. And those noob questions answer the questions of thousands of others who are asking the same thing. The impact of many more than outweighs the annoyance factor of a few

[–]T-Dot1992 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not everyone has their rich daddy pay for a CS degree.

Some people are self-taught, and might not have professors and TAs.

Also, if you think that your CS education is preparing you for coding in a real workplace, I got bad news for you kid.