I think most techanons say "spoonfeeding" as an excuse for them not being able to teach things and as a source of unhealthy pride to cover for low self steam. They take pride on gatekeeping because it makes them feel superior. But no one is born learned.
The number of buttholes I see in these fields is quite big, I don't see this number of smugasses in other areas.
Why does this happen in tech?
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the feeling of needing to protect their interest which comes from being bullied for their interests as a child turns into an adult wanting to keep outsiders away
fpbp
Call me mom cause I will spoonfeed (You).
Here comes the plaaaane!
Hi mom
I think you could draw a distinction between asking for help, and asking for someone to do something trivial on your behalf for free. A lot of people view others as automatons for their use and abuse, and with autists, they view nerds as free tech support.
Nothing is free, anon. If you want help, you will pay.
>I think you could draw a distinction between asking for help, and asking for someone to do something trivial on your behalf for free. A lot of people view others as automatons for their use and abuse, and with autists, they view nerds as free tech support.
Ok but why not decline politely or not interact at all? And there is people nicely helping others for no rewards, so that's still out there.
Why act like an butthole with strangers on the internet? We all know it's a power trip and that they wouldn't do it face to face.
if it was in person I would just walk away, sure
but by making a shit support thread you force me to read part of the post just to discern if it is worth interacting with. This wasted effort adds up over time and becomes frustrating. Its also fun to troll tourists who clearly arent from here. I mean where do you think we are.
You really need to make some introspection.
Pure autism
This is why people say tech is only worth it if you don't value your time and this is why the rest of people see you as the weirdos you are and pick on you.
Like, imagine this behavior in literally any other hobby. Everyone helps each other out. You are just making excuses for being an butthole.
I find it funny and sad when someone starts to bloat about how much they know and starts to say no one knows anything while trying to explain things like a moron.
Like, if it bothers you so much that someone is asking, just don't respond?
No only likes smug teachers, everyone already knows you are an butthole.
I don't know how to teach how to find things on Google. I just know how to do it but I can't put it into words.
ego is a serious downfall in the tech industry/business
in no other areas people demand to be serviced for free dumb homosexual
Because in public messageboards there is an endless stream of anonymous users, so you cannot waste your resources generating a reply to every single guy, you need a probabilistic approach such as condensing your knowledge into a book and sharing it with someone.
Also, you cannot learn anything if you're not able to seek out information. If you are spoonfed too much, you will never gain the skill.
>Also, you cannot learn anything if you're not able to seek out information. If you are spoonfed too much, you will never gain the skill.
excellent point anon
I don't agree with that, it's just an excuse to justify shitty behaviour. You don't see that in other areas/hobbies, many are eager to get others to enjoy what that enjoy.
In messageboards like IQfy or reddit, you don't have repeat interactions with the same person. You don't build any kind of bond and there is no feedback that tells you that you're really teaching someone something. The wave of Anonymous on all of these sites is truly endless, this is the reason FAQ, wikis, books, and forum archives exist. Notice how these things don't exist on IQfy? Because these tools do not exist in this space (unless you link to them), people don't like answering the same question 999 times, so they link you somewhere or give you a small push in the direction of those resources. Anything beyond that for non-novel mundane questions is spoonfeeding. People don't like to spoonfeed because it's like an asymmetrical resources expenditure, questions are easy to ask but take more energy to answer, it's mental DoS if the question is just something asked 1000 times before.
>many are eager to get others to enjoy what that enjoy
agreed, and i wish many here would shut up and contribute instead of casting stones and belittling others.
also: i enjoy his thoughts and philosophy on the egoic mind, i believe tech can benefit from checking the ego at the door.
>eckhart tolle
my narcissistic mother likes this fraud very much
>fraud
pretty brutal synopsis anon
i have not read his work/books in many years, so perhaps i should read again.
he does a pretty good job of teaching ego and the pitfalls of ego; living in the present and not the past etc.
anon, the CIA. the 60s. do not fall for this psychotic bullshit
>anon, the CIA. the 60s
are you CIA anon?
I'm a supremely unhappy person. Do you think reading his work will help?
and yet you do not ask me?
Why would I ask you particularly? Sounds like you have some Ego issues to work out.
you ask someone who is miserable over the book? calling his own mother narcissistic?
you want advice on how to be miserable from a miserable person?
excellent logic.. you are destined to fail.
misery loves company.
excellent logic smarty..
peace.
>you ask someone who is miserable over the book? calling his own mother narcissistic?
I too, have a narcissistic mother. So asking someone of like circumstances would be ideal.
>you want advice on how to be miserable from a miserable person?
The fact that you read it that way sounds like the books didn't help you
>The fact that you read it that way sounds like the books didn't help you
stay in denial, i cannot help this brand of idiocy.
young and stupid, learn lessons the hard way.
good luck
You're making a lot of assumptions, but most would call me rather successful especially when compared to my peers. I'm sorry these books lead you to be close-minded, dismissive, and envious of those around you. I hope you learn to get over that and to capitalize the beginning of a sentence so you stop sounding like a mouth-breathing Indian.
Maybe you're just to moronic to understand the docs?
>Why does this happen in tech?
Because all the information you ever need is right there on the internet.
Only utter morons need help to Google things.
Gatekeeping is important to keep out people who do not have a genuine interest in a topic or hobby. People who genuinely wish to participate or have a legitimate interest will learn and come into the fold. If you don't gatekeep people with no interest are accepted in, and those same people make demands to change everything to the way they want it instead of what the thing is about.
I do agree that recent graduates seem to have a level of smugness, and even sometimes to the point or arrogance where they foolishly think they know better than people with years or decades of experience. However I disagree about it being particularly bad in technology, I only notice smugfrickery from recent tech undergraduates. Experienced people and higher order graduates tend to be reasonable. Also if you think it's bad it's much worse in academia really. People in academia have extreme egos.
I still think it's ego.
sometimes they want to test their knowledge to have the seniors apporval.
lmao pussy crying about not being given what he wanted waaaah waaaaahh
anon you sound very psychotic. i hope you still have the consciousness
to understand that you barely make any sense and honestly seem like a
prick. reminiscent of 60s hippies and LSD junkies who have fried their
brain, where vague incoherent ideas seem englightened, like the deepest
stuff to them
you read people so effectively
right on the money, good job. /s
egoic mind personified
There are 3 spectrums, spoon feeding, stubborn and impatience.
I like to give newbs a difficult assignment and see how they get on on their own, then I sit down with them and break down the problem over a period of a few weeks. I like to stress how important designing before coding is. Design top to bottom. Get the look and feel of you system as the client or user will see it first. Then fill in the blanks. Everything will fit right in.
Zoomers and newbs don't have the patience to design. They just jump in frick it up and blame you.
Most techies just know quickstart cookbook type things. Asking for details is like an attack.
but if you ever find yourself teaching someone something, you have probably fallen for a bait
that's how society grows. do you want us to stagnate?