They asked 'so, how did you come to know these things?' To which I replied, 'simple, read lots, and fail early and often.' In a word, all of us in the 'Internet Space' are, by default, autodidactics. We did NOT go to school for this stuff, and for many of us in the web space, the web was not available or even on the radar screen in college/grad school.
This posting is worth reading if only for the link to explain autodidatic (self-taught). Another list of points for living by, follows:
So what converged, you ask. A few things:
1. Self-learning/teaching/continuous education is an imperative in this economy
2. Meeting with people, ESPECIALLY CONSULTANTS, who do not ascribe to the above, underscores why I spend so much time researching, learning, and re-learning the craft.
3. Reinvention is not a buzzword but a way of life for those of us striving to be on the edge.
Fits in neatly with Ton's points previously.
Posted by Paul Goodison at August 4, 2003 03:37 PM | TrackBack