“There is no point in reinventing the wheel” is my favorite saying when it comes to things like this.
If something has been done over and over again, there is no point in doing it yourself from scratch. It wastes time, money, and effort that could be spent on creating something new.
Humanity’s greatest strength is being able to add to the previous generation’s knowledge base, too!
If we had to relearn how to do the same things in the same way, in every generation, we would still be in the stone age…
When I manage folks, I expect them to steal if its already been done and especially if it’s been done to death.
If I relied on my college CS textbooks as reference for anything I code now, not only would it have been outdated 2 years after purchase, but it’s been ten damn years now. Only actual reference books I have are for theory. And even then it’s probably not the best source anymore.
there is no point in doing it yourself from scratch.
Learning. The point is to learn.
You don’t have to learn everything that way, but you understand things a lot better when you’ve built them from scratch, and that underlying foundation enhances the entire knowledge stack.
I like both of your guys’ points. Keeping all old knowledge while deconstructing and rebuilding it to make it understandable to newer generations is pretty great in my opinion
Don’t get me wrong, in a setting in which education and learning would be achieved and even profitable, I 100% agree with you.
That said, in a corporate or business position, a person is getting paid to do a job and to do it as efficiently and efficiently as possible. This is not only from a profitability standpoint but also a fiesabilty standpoint.
As someone who is in a management position due to owning a business with a tech base, I hire folks within the scope of thier skills. If this person is needing to be educated and familiarized with the basics of creations over and over, then I have hired the wrong person.
If they can use the equivalent of copying someone’s homework to do the job faster, then there is no reason for them to try to improve thier skill set that is already effective and efficient enough to do the project.
“There is no point in reinventing the wheel” is my favorite saying when it comes to things like this.
If something has been done over and over again, there is no point in doing it yourself from scratch. It wastes time, money, and effort that could be spent on creating something new.
Humanity’s greatest strength is being able to add to the previous generation’s knowledge base, too!
If we had to relearn how to do the same things in the same way, in every generation, we would still be in the stone age…
When I manage folks, I expect them to steal if its already been done and especially if it’s been done to death.
If I relied on my college CS textbooks as reference for anything I code now, not only would it have been outdated 2 years after purchase, but it’s been ten damn years now. Only actual reference books I have are for theory. And even then it’s probably not the best source anymore.
Learning. The point is to learn.
You don’t have to learn everything that way, but you understand things a lot better when you’ve built them from scratch, and that underlying foundation enhances the entire knowledge stack.
I like both of your guys’ points. Keeping all old knowledge while deconstructing and rebuilding it to make it understandable to newer generations is pretty great in my opinion
Don’t get me wrong, in a setting in which education and learning would be achieved and even profitable, I 100% agree with you.
That said, in a corporate or business position, a person is getting paid to do a job and to do it as efficiently and efficiently as possible. This is not only from a profitability standpoint but also a fiesabilty standpoint.
As someone who is in a management position due to owning a business with a tech base, I hire folks within the scope of thier skills. If this person is needing to be educated and familiarized with the basics of creations over and over, then I have hired the wrong person.
If they can use the equivalent of copying someone’s homework to do the job faster, then there is no reason for them to try to improve thier skill set that is already effective and efficient enough to do the project.