@spartanowner1 1/12
First, we have to be clear. Mastering a craft and doing what's needed to get a job are 2 very different things.
First, we have to be clear. Mastering a craft and doing what's needed to get a job are 2 very different things.
@spartanowner1 2/12
Companies, particularly large ones, hire "cogs." You fit into an existing recipe that has made the company money for years. Cog work is highly-focused labor that allows companies to scale by division of work.
Companies, particularly large ones, hire "cogs." You fit into an existing recipe that has made the company money for years. Cog work is highly-focused labor that allows companies to scale by division of work.
@spartanowner1 3/12
Cog work is not mastery. As explained in my Quora answer here (see excerpt in pic):
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Cog work is not mastery. As explained in my Quora answer here (see excerpt in pic):
qr.ae/TWpV0r
@spartanowner1 4/12
The reality is, when you're first getting into the industry you're going to be a cog; period. If you want to get hired you'll need to memorize sterile isolated facts about programming (or UX). But getting the job and living your craft are different things.
The reality is, when you're first getting into the industry you're going to be a cog; period. If you want to get hired you'll need to memorize sterile isolated facts about programming (or UX). But getting the job and living your craft are different things.
@spartanowner1 5/12
So you have to separate job-seeking from the art of your craft. Getting jobs is easy. Regurgitate to the hiring manager and keep smiling. But to be happy, and love what you do; this is not something a company can give you. This is something you must create for yourself.
So you have to separate job-seeking from the art of your craft. Getting jobs is easy. Regurgitate to the hiring manager and keep smiling. But to be happy, and love what you do; this is not something a company can give you. This is something you must create for yourself.
@spartanowner1 6/12
Yes, fundamentals are important. BUT...there are 2 ways to learn them. You can begin as students do, learning them in vacuum. Or you can learn them in-context, as they arise from building real applications. The 2 approaches are not comparable.
Yes, fundamentals are important. BUT...there are 2 ways to learn them. You can begin as students do, learning them in vacuum. Or you can learn them in-context, as they arise from building real applications. The 2 approaches are not comparable.
@spartanowner1 7/12
The former means a concept was presented to you in a sterile fashion, absent any real-world stressors. There is no genuine imprinting of the concept.
The former means a concept was presented to you in a sterile fashion, absent any real-world stressors. There is no genuine imprinting of the concept.
@spartanowner1 8/12
When you truly understand something it is largely intuitive, because it was an impression made on you while struggling to create something that survives the real world.
When you truly understand something it is largely intuitive, because it was an impression made on you while struggling to create something that survives the real world.
@spartanowner1 9/12
The best way is to jump in and start building. This doesn't make bootcamps useless. Most people lack the passion (yes I believe you need passion) to *want* to build. They are perfectly happy to be given a task and perform that task as needed.
The best way is to jump in and start building. This doesn't make bootcamps useless. Most people lack the passion (yes I believe you need passion) to *want* to build. They are perfectly happy to be given a task and perform that task as needed.
@spartanowner1 10/12
If this is you then bootcamps will help you. They can present you with industry-standard topics, and provide projects (but they are not "real" projects; you have endless support and things known to work. It's not the same. Remember stressors.)
If this is you then bootcamps will help you. They can present you with industry-standard topics, and provide projects (but they are not "real" projects; you have endless support and things known to work. It's not the same. Remember stressors.)
@spartanowner1 11/12
Some people like to be presented with the topics. They think a foundation must precede action. I disagree. Your foundation emerges from struggle, not by having it presented to you. Those with a lot of building exp are miles ahead of CS degrees, bootcamps, etc. No question.
Some people like to be presented with the topics. They think a foundation must precede action. I disagree. Your foundation emerges from struggle, not by having it presented to you. Those with a lot of building exp are miles ahead of CS degrees, bootcamps, etc. No question.
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