I sort of got this too. Something along the lines like "You need to get really stuck, sometimes for weeks, it's part of the procces". I partly believe it, and somtimes getting a bit stuck will make you search elsewere and that does the trick. But I know that for me personally, that is not how I like to learn. It demotivates me and I check out. It also made me not dare to ask that person a question again, even when I really needed help. I am more about getting a teammate and figuring it out together. I know this because I had 10+ years experience in other fields, (also one in teaching/ learning).
For people that are just starting out.. advice like this can be just frustrating. That is to me why this comunity is so amazing! <3
Oh, I know that feeling quite well. And I think that as grow professionally one of the most useful things I've learned to do is to ask for help. It doesn't even need to be someone who will know the answer, just somebody who wants to go through my train of thoughts with me and help me find any issue. Or maybe someone that I know will completely change my approach. That's also one of the reasons why I enjoy Dev. I find so many different voices, with so many different experience levels, approaches and experiences that it is enriching and I learn a lot :)
Unfortunately, that teacher meant something different. He didn't want to teach me to overcome the frustration of not succeeding. The exact part is probably lost on my translation from Spanish into English... but what he wanted was that I accepted unfair things as something unavoidable and unfixable and that those things are a core part of what being an engineer is.
So, not something on the lines of "don't be frustrated when you're stuck. Don't despair and you'll find a solution eventually" and more on the lines of "yeah, you'll have to do overtime every day, have abusive bosses, and renounce to your professional ethics. That's how life is, get over it"
Oh wow, that is even worse.. He said that is is okay if you are beeing treated unfairly?!
I mean, I do believe that maybe in the beginning of your career you should work hard, and show what you are worth. Ofcourse overtime sometimes.. sure. But you have to take care of yourself.. The balence in work and fun should be good. And also, work should be fun :)
I think teachers sometimes forget the influence they can have on a student.
And also the aother way around also that students sometimes forget that teachers are also just people.. Don't buy everything they say.
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I sort of got this too. Something along the lines like "You need to get really stuck, sometimes for weeks, it's part of the procces". I partly believe it, and somtimes getting a bit stuck will make you search elsewere and that does the trick. But I know that for me personally, that is not how I like to learn. It demotivates me and I check out. It also made me not dare to ask that person a question again, even when I really needed help. I am more about getting a teammate and figuring it out together. I know this because I had 10+ years experience in other fields, (also one in teaching/ learning).
For people that are just starting out.. advice like this can be just frustrating. That is to me why this comunity is so amazing! <3
Oh, I know that feeling quite well. And I think that as grow professionally one of the most useful things I've learned to do is to ask for help. It doesn't even need to be someone who will know the answer, just somebody who wants to go through my train of thoughts with me and help me find any issue. Or maybe someone that I know will completely change my approach. That's also one of the reasons why I enjoy
Dev. I find so many different voices, with so many different experience levels, approaches and experiences that it is enriching and I learn a lot :)Unfortunately, that teacher meant something different. He didn't want to teach me to overcome the frustration of not succeeding. The exact part is probably lost on my translation from Spanish into English... but what he wanted was that I accepted unfair things as something unavoidable and unfixable and that those things are a core part of what being an engineer is.
So, not something on the lines of "don't be frustrated when you're stuck. Don't despair and you'll find a solution eventually" and more on the lines of "yeah, you'll have to do overtime every day, have abusive bosses, and renounce to your professional ethics. That's how life is, get over it"
Oh wow, that is even worse.. He said that is is okay if you are beeing treated unfairly?!
I mean, I do believe that maybe in the beginning of your career you should work hard, and show what you are worth. Ofcourse overtime sometimes.. sure. But you have to take care of yourself.. The balence in work and fun should be good. And also, work should be fun :)
I think teachers sometimes forget the influence they can have on a student.
And also the aother way around also that students sometimes forget that teachers are also just people.. Don't buy everything they say.