Heh, hardly - was just recalling my first experiences as being a young 'noob' - okay so I'm not quite yet 30, so I guess it wasn't all that long ago.
Seriously though - at one time I used to be like this 'newbie'. Was working for a Fed. marketing firm in DC doing VB and FoxPro over DOS in like '94. (crikey that was a long time ago). Heh, I thought I new it all back then, too. And there was this semi-sorta-new thing called the 'web' that was just beginning to rear its ugly head. I recall approaching the VP of tech to get in on this - his response (seriously) "Its a fad that's going to go the way of CB radio..." I digress, anyways, snapshot a year or so later when I got an entry level internet dev job, simply coding HTML - I worked with some serious die-hard purists. Everything was done in VI and textpad. No fancy IDE, no WYSIWIG. Best introduction to the web I could have. Now when I break in new converts, interns, and give workshops - I really try to bang this concept home. Crawl before you walk. Seems like too many of the 'new school' are dependant on software and open-source refactoring like sourceforge without really learning how to write the code themselves. Perhaps we're reaching a developmental paradigm shift. *shrug* Who knows? -Erik Ben Doom wrote: ><editor of choice> is vi for kindergardeners? > >--Ben > >Short Fuse Media wrote: > > >>Better yet - set the youngin' down in front of vi and ask him to crank >>out a valid xhtml spec document.... >> >>....watch him cry... >> >>....then laugh. >> >>-Erik >> >>Ben Doom wrote: >> >> >> >> >>>Heeheehee. Give him a wrench and tell him to fix smoething with screws. >>>When he asks for a screwdriver, tell him screwdrivers are wrenches for >>>kindergardeners. :-) >>> >>>--Ben >>> >>> >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:176119 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
