Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do?

Re:Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do? by 6DM on Friday January 06, 2017 @10:33AM (#13337018)

Although it's changing, books for me has largely been about someone taking the time to actually plan out, organize and go into detail on the topic. Blogs and release notes are good for staying up to date or for figuring out a work around. They "used" to be not so good at the getting started part.

Fundamentals are still better off starting with a book before moving to online imo.

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Re:Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do? by jimbokun on Friday January 06, 2017 @10:59AM (#13337277)

"Although it's changing, books for me has largely been about someone taking the time to actually plan out, organize and go into detail on the topic."

I agree, except I don't think it's changing, because the end artifact of "plan out, organize and go into detail on the topic" I would still call a "book", regardless of how its delivered.

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Re:Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do? by 6DM on Friday January 06, 2017 @11:31AM (#13337616)

What I meant by changing is that online content has gone up in quality since the introduction of MOOC's and the realization that decent money can be made from training. What used to be semi-random collections of tips and tricks have turned into full blown courses.

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