"Trying Hardest To Learn"
Darrel Norton's Random Observation got me thinking . . . he writes
“The people that probably know the most are also the ones trying hardest to learn.“
Hmmm.
It certainly strikes a chord with me. In the software development field, there is so much to learn and new ideas are popping up faster than IT contractors in India. I've been part of organizations where some developers seem content to just crank out the same stuff they always have and there isn't much drive to digest new ideas and concepts; I, on the other hand, constantly work (struggle sometimes!) to get a handle on the different ways of doing things. There is so much out there, it can be overwhelming. This is partly why www.WeProgram.Net is around! It provides a venue for developers to share what they've found.
Code Magazine's Rod Paddock expresses the same sentiment in his recent editorial.
The truth in Darrell's quote is that the only way the people who “know the most” got to be that way is by “trying hardest to learn.” While I don't necessarily consider myself in the “know the most” camp, I sure am in the “trying hardest to learn” camp. I hope to find you in that camp too!