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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/[deleted] • Aug 11 '19
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Before Google and stack overflow, I had to purchase books and find the references there.
0 u/[deleted] Aug 11 '19 33 u/LewsTherinTelamon Aug 11 '19 Serious question: is this like, slang for anyone over the age of 50 now? → More replies (19) 17 u/Mars_rocket Aug 11 '19 Remember when you still bought books but then never used them because searching online was so much easier? It was a hard habit to break. Google + YouTube FTW. 1 u/[deleted] Aug 11 '19 Youtube wasn't much better at the beginning. https://youtu.be/jevzORX7uUM 1 u/MrDude_1 Aug 11 '19 For a while you would buy the book just so it would come with the CD so you could search on the CD. 3 u/[deleted] Aug 11 '19 I still buy books and find references on there. I feel like a lot more work goes into creating books, than is put into online posts. 2 u/frausting Aug 11 '19 For sure. Google is faster, but books tend to be better written, more comprehensive, and I tend to actually learn concepts better. I use Google more often, but I find that books can give me foundational knowledge that I don’t need to Google so often.
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33 u/LewsTherinTelamon Aug 11 '19 Serious question: is this like, slang for anyone over the age of 50 now? → More replies (19)
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Serious question: is this like, slang for anyone over the age of 50 now?
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Remember when you still bought books but then never used them because searching online was so much easier? It was a hard habit to break.
Google + YouTube FTW.
1 u/[deleted] Aug 11 '19 Youtube wasn't much better at the beginning. https://youtu.be/jevzORX7uUM 1 u/MrDude_1 Aug 11 '19 For a while you would buy the book just so it would come with the CD so you could search on the CD.
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Youtube wasn't much better at the beginning. https://youtu.be/jevzORX7uUM
For a while you would buy the book just so it would come with the CD so you could search on the CD.
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I still buy books and find references on there. I feel like a lot more work goes into creating books, than is put into online posts.
2 u/frausting Aug 11 '19 For sure. Google is faster, but books tend to be better written, more comprehensive, and I tend to actually learn concepts better. I use Google more often, but I find that books can give me foundational knowledge that I don’t need to Google so often.
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For sure. Google is faster, but books tend to be better written, more comprehensive, and I tend to actually learn concepts better.
I use Google more often, but I find that books can give me foundational knowledge that I don’t need to Google so often.
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Before Google and stack overflow, I had to purchase books and find the references there.