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More like a suggestion for new comers and every1

A wise man once said: "Why memorize what I can look up in a book in less than 2 minutes?" So right now I'll say "Why memorize what I can look up on google in less than one minute?" Bottom line, don't waste your time trying too hard to memorize what you can look up in the internet at anytime. Stay cool Coders

3rd Jul 2017, 3:08 PM
Adonkie Ebiegberi
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^^ Netkos nails it
3rd Jul 2017, 3:15 PM
jay
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Why? Because while you're wasting 2 minutes (usually a lot more than 2 mins) here and there throughout every day, I'll already be done and moved on to the next thing. As well, you hinder your own understanding of what you're doing because you're simply copying what someone else did and lacking your own understanding of it. Because of that, you'll not only take a lot longer than those who properly learned it, but you'll also give yourself less options toward how you go about problems. On top of that, your mind/logic muscles are just like anything else. If you work them out, they become stronger. If you don't, they become weaker. You're training yourself to become weak minded. The easy route isn't always the best route.
3rd Jul 2017, 3:14 PM
AgentSmith
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html hex codes arent that hard though. rgb is all it is 😊 but yeah I understand what u mean
3rd Jul 2017, 3:29 PM
jay
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i.e I think he means trying to memorize every single thing at first.
3rd Jul 2017, 3:39 PM
jay
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google does seem under utilized
3rd Jul 2017, 3:12 PM
jay
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Interviewers will want to know if you can code on a whiteboard; no references. I can find most anything--and that is crazy useful--but triangulating what you'd otherwise look up from what you already know (Richard Feynman) is when you 'have' the material.
3rd Jul 2017, 3:28 PM
Kirk Schafer
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3rd Jul 2017, 3:42 PM
Lord Krishna
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@jay Yeah...that is how I form my mental frameworks--search like crazy at first, injest everything, some of it sticks, rinse, repeat. I'm not averse to search--we may as well learn through repetition too.
3rd Jul 2017, 3:50 PM
Kirk Schafer
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I don't think they are against you, I think they misunderstood your meaning. As it sounded like you suggested we should not memorise anything at all ever.
3rd Jul 2017, 3:57 PM
jay
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Objection on your statement 🙀
3rd Jul 2017, 3:13 PM
Ekansh
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@Adonkie I appreciate the suggestion but it doesn't stop me from feeling like a dumb donkey when I have to look up the same thing for the third time (of course there are some exceptiins to this).
3rd Jul 2017, 4:04 PM
seamiki
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Lol.. Y'all who are against me should know that I got that advice from experienced coders who work in Microsoft. Asalam my fellow coders.. more coding, less talking
3rd Jul 2017, 3:53 PM
Adonkie Ebiegberi
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Actually not everything is meant to be memorized in whatever field you're into. sometimes you just end up confusing or memorizing stuff you'll not even use on regular basis. Try memorizing color hexadecimal for HTML and see who it helps
3rd Jul 2017, 3:18 PM
Adonkie Ebiegberi
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I'm not against practice, I'm just against underutilisation of leverage and resources
3rd Jul 2017, 3:19 PM
Adonkie Ebiegberi
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