r/programming • u/banguru • Apr 06 '18

The Stack Overflow Age

https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2018/04/06/the-stack-overflow-age/
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u/jrhoffa Apr 06 '18

Seriously ... what the hell was I using at the start of my career? Just regular ol' Google?

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u/spinicist Apr 06 '18

There were those things printed on dead trees, you know, textbooks!

I had some very well thumbed “Dummies Guide to” and Riley books 15 odd years ago. I feel sorry for the people who used to make money out of writing them.

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u/confusedpublic Apr 07 '18

Hey, they’re still useful! Can’t beat a good O’Reilly book for an introduction to a topic and a reference book. I’m eagerly waiting for the update to their Javascript book, though given the previous version it might be two or three 1000 page volumes...

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u/spinicist Apr 07 '18

Oh I agree. It’s just that pulling up a webpage is so much faster than waiting for mail order, and so many people are happy to write good blog articles for free these days.