Rowan Collins [IMSoP] wrote:
Ray Saintonge wrote:
Tim Starling wrote:
Timwi wrote:
CVS access doesn't make me an expert on the
source code. :-p
Asking an "expert" to do everything for you is not the way to either
become an expert or to even get thing in question done.
A great comment! With a much wider application than for life on the
Wiki.
Hm. I still don't read Timwi's original comment that way, but there
you go. Asking a more experienced member of a team for their opinion
before you spend too much time struggling with an implementation is
surely the way to efficiency (especially from a team point of view).
It's all very well learning from your mistakes, but it's a lot better
if you can learn a bit from those of others as well. But anyway, who
am I to judge the intentions of others? *shrug*
My response was to Tim's comments, not Timwi's. Sure some people don't
have enough background to move on; with others it's a case of
confidence. What I'm mostly criticizing is educational policy that
destroys initiative, and fails to validate the child's natural tendency
to ask questions and to be confident with his own ideas.
Ec