One of questions I often use during interviews with developers and alike is: “What newsgroups, blogs etc you read on a regular basis?“ And so very often I hear that none of them. This is one of the questions which differentiate those, who have a strong drive to learn, from those who have not.
I don’t say it’s bad, it isn’t really. If you want to stay wherever you are and you don’t feel urge to improve, that’s perfectly OK. On the other hand if you try, like most of people, to build some kind of career path for you, learning is essential. And personally it’s hard to find another easily accessible, constantly updated, keeping its finger on the pulse source of information from any area than the Web. It’s all here, why not to use that?
Oh, maybe I shouldn’t moan? I shouldn’t be surprised. On general, people don’t like to learn unless they’re forced to do so. I just prefer to work with minority, which is different. “Nothing easier,” you’ll say, “go and hire them.”
And you’ll be right.
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