“Hello! I am a developer. Here is my relevant experience: I code in Hoobijag and sometimes jabbernocks and of course ABCDE++++ (but never ABCDE+/^+ are you kidding? ha!) and I like working with Shoobababoo and occasionally kleptomitrons. I’ve gotten to work for Company1 doing Shoobaboo-ing code things and that’s what led me to the Snarfus. So, let’s dive in!
This is how I, a developer with 25 years’ experience, still read many software tutorials. And I have a relatively high tolerance for technical detail. Often it seems the person writing the tutorial is in too deep, and they should have got a friend to write it with their help.
I appreciate comments like yours, and various others echoing the same sentiment in this thread and the HN thread. I’m far more proficient with techy stuff than the vast majority of people, but it’s easy to feel incompetent if you’re exposed to challenges outside of your primary domain (a feeling exacerbated by hanging out in spaces where most people seem to be super techy). It’s validating to hear that even people far more experienced than me struggle with tutorials sometimes.
This is how I, a developer with 25 years’ experience, still read many software tutorials. And I have a relatively high tolerance for technical detail. Often it seems the person writing the tutorial is in too deep, and they should have got a friend to write it with their help.
🤝🫂
Worst part is when some folks are too smart, and the mirror effect isolates them from normal folks from forming zeitgeist friendships. 😭
I still get slack for contracting plain English. Not even 70 years ago, Americans where contracting even script!
Like, everyone lost intelligence as tools advanced. Why can’t scribes tier transpile my tutorials?
I appreciate comments like yours, and various others echoing the same sentiment in this thread and the HN thread. I’m far more proficient with techy stuff than the vast majority of people, but it’s easy to feel incompetent if you’re exposed to challenges outside of your primary domain (a feeling exacerbated by hanging out in spaces where most people seem to be super techy). It’s validating to hear that even people far more experienced than me struggle with tutorials sometimes.