First, I could have just gone and talked to Oliver earlier.
I’d say you’re underrating that option.
Part of it is domain-specific: a lot of developers start off with very little agency, and get “try to do the thing yourself before asking to the teacher how to do the thing” drilled into them; it’s easy to overcorrect to “never ask for help”. Learning to ask for help faster is a valuable senior developer skill.
On a more general level, “asking for help faster” is a disgustingly common answer to the question “how could I have found the solution sooner?”. Life isn’t an exam, you don’t get points off for talking to people. (And using ChatGPT, StackOverflow, etc.)
I recommend Thinking Physics and Baba is You as sources of puzzles to start grinding on this
Mhh. Interesting. I haven’t played Baba Is You in a while. It has enough puzzles that I think you could actually practice some skills with it.
I might try your routine, though I’m a bit skeptical of it.
I’d say you’re underrating that option.
Part of it is domain-specific: a lot of developers start off with very little agency, and get “try to do the thing yourself before asking to the teacher how to do the thing” drilled into them; it’s easy to overcorrect to “never ask for help”. Learning to ask for help faster is a valuable senior developer skill.
On a more general level, “asking for help faster” is a disgustingly common answer to the question “how could I have found the solution sooner?”. Life isn’t an exam, you don’t get points off for talking to people. (And using ChatGPT, StackOverflow, etc.)
Mhh. Interesting. I haven’t played Baba Is You in a while. It has enough puzzles that I think you could actually practice some skills with it.
I might try your routine, though I’m a bit skeptical of it.