Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Learning By Suggestion

I almost titled this The Power of YouTube. But it encompasses more than that. I am very much a new school learner. I can't imagine becoming a developer before the rise of powerful search engines, YouTube, or even intellisense.
I remember when .NET emerged. My employer adopted it right away. At the time I barely knew old VB etc. I had to learn C#, and quickly. Fortunately Visual Studio shipped with the new-to-me intellisense feature. I learned C# entirely from those handy little lists of suggestions and Google.
Now as I move into the world of '... as a service' I am finding YouTube to be an irreplaceable tool and teacher.
The world of contributed content is truly amazing.

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