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Re:Ask HN: How do you determine your own knowledge level? by diminium on Thursday July 05, 2012 @04:12AM (#4202195)
"spending less time in the docs and more time coding" Odd. I usually see the opposite effect. They usually spend a lot more reading and a lot less time coding.
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Re:Ask HN: How do you determine your own knowledge level? by simonbarker87 on Thursday July 05, 2012 @05:16AM (#4202308)
I sort of know what you mean - I think what I mean is that you spend less time looking at the docs to accomplish basic stuff. For instance I spent a lot of time reading the codeigniter docs 6 months ago to even get something working, now I go back to remind myself of things every now and then. When I read the docs now it is more to get a deeper understanding of what is going on and working out how to improve what I have done.

Maybe I should say that you spend less time in the docs not knowing what is going on.

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