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Re: Teaching a CompSci studentby feloniousMonk (Pilgrim) |
on Jun 06, 2002 at 14:22 UTC ( [id://172214]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Freedom to fail, as mentioned above, is paramount. It exposes your flaws as well as build confidence. Something useful, but not critical, may be the best approach When I started my current job a while back, I had a heavy C background and a bit of Perl. Not until I started a relatively small, useful, but not critical project did I realize what my level of Perl knowledge was. I ended up rewriting the code a few times, breaking it a couple times, and finally coming up with something I'm happy with. All throughout, it worked fine but I was never afraid to stir up the guts a bit because life did not come to a grinding halt if it broke. I learned more from that project than the more interesting, mission-critical apps that simply must work at all costs. felonious --
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