Re^3: How to start. || Ramblings of a confused mind.

[theorbtwo]

You may or may not really save time doing that. The problem is that you understand things so much faster when you use them, or at least you do when your brain works like mine. So yes, you will rewrite things when you discover better ways, but you won't spend time scratching your head, not really getting it.

If at the end of a project, I don't know anything that I didn't at the beginning -- if I would have done it all the same way -- then it's a sure sign I didn't learn anything, and that's a bad thing.

[jkva]

There's certainly wisdom in that. I've noticed that indeed, when I use things, they stick in my brain more. In this logic it would be better to go for method two, it'd have the advantages of

• Necessary knowledge is gained
• Necessary knowledge sticks easier
If that takes less time than preparing by reading up for three days, then I should definately go for choice two.

Bah. It still makes me feel like walking into the camel desert of doom and realising after three days of walking that you forgot a lot of important stuff.

I probably just worry too much. Thanks for the advice.