Showing posts with label Pitfalls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pitfalls. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Getting help when you're stuck

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When you're learning web development, or any other complicated skill, getting stuck is a dreadful experience. Often times, you're stuck so badly that you don't even know the right question to ask to get help. Posting questions on social networks can be embarrassing, annoying to your online friends, and most likely fruitless. Resorting to Google when you aren't even sure of the problem is even more frustrating.

For beginners, getting stumped can be a momentum killer. And, if it happens often enough without quick assistance, it can demotivate from learning altogether. Finding the right help in a timely manner is incredibly valuable. In fact, it's so valuable that I've been mulling over an idea to provide a real-time solution. I even bought a domain name for it: unstumped.com.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Pitfalls of becoming a web developer: moving too fast

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This is surely to be the first of many "pitfalls" posts about becoming a web developer. There are so many and an honest assessment by someone who has recently experienced them is something the Internet hasn't provided just yet.

This time I'm going to talk about an unseen and usually unexpected pitfall: moving too fast.