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.
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