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Software users.....when you are learning how to do something, do you prefer to get dirty or learn it in an orderly manner?

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Dec 16 '10, 11:59

me, I like to jump in, google a fair bit of code, and basically see what I can mess up initially....then learn and mold things into a working thing.

I'm pretty much self taught in this regard when ti comes to Excel and especially Access

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I have had a very hard time following the Symfony framework's one-thing-a-day tutorial. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Dec 16, 12:07
I need to (a) get dirty a little bit, then usually (b) go try and "learn", then (c) try and get something formal training if needed. -- nm - Bad Elf JaxSean Dec 16, 12:07
I'm a dirty girl. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 12:05 7
- and my most hated learning method EVER is a class. I can't stand doing computer classes. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 12:08 6
  - Mine have been really rewarding. I post about them here. -- nm - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 16, 12:20
  - The QuickBooks class I took last year was horrendous...mostly because the instructor had very little accounting knowledge!! -- nm - MistletoeMeg Dec 16, 12:19 2
    - Our instructor at SMC was on the serious side, but definitely had accounting knowledge: He taught accounting classes as well. -- nm - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 16, 12:22
    - Bad instructors are worse than no training at all, IMO. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 16, 12:20
  - I really hated the undergrad CS class that was required - Strongbad Dec 16, 12:09 1
    - I really, really cannot stand learning how to use software by watching someone else use it. - loosilu Dec 16, 12:10
Dive in head first. I'll struggle for a couple of days but I've always preferred self-teaching vs. a book -- nm - Strongbad Dec 16, 12:04 2
- People like me always have to fix people like you's mistakes. :-P - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 16, 12:10 1
  - I've never pretended to be good at code - Strongbad Dec 16, 12:15
Orderly. Give me the manual. - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 16, 12:04
mostly learn by trial & error, aside from basic program commands -- nm - 9 days to pixmas Dec 16, 12:03
It depends. Excel, let me at it. Something that requires code or query writing, I need to learn the building blocks first. -- nm - TFox Dec 16, 12:01
Dirty. I'm self-taught on anything computer. -- nm - Dano Dec 16, 12:01 1
- Well, self-taught with a little assist from ST. -- nm - Dano Dec 16, 12:01
I need to have a specific task that needs to be done that I don't know how to do. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 16, 12:01
dirty -- nm - znufrii Dec 16, 12:01
I'm pretty much all self-taught and all has been on the fly -- nm - decline Dec 16, 12:01
I need to have a project. -- nm - Reagen Dec 16, 12:00 3
- Books come with those! Usually on a CD-ROM. :) -- nm - con_carne wants it so bad Dec 16, 12:13
- Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 16, 12:04
- *nods* - Will Hunting Dec 16, 12:02

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