Timeline for Refusing to give teh codez, good or bad practice?
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| Apr 3, 2014 at 12:24 | comment | added | dotancohen | Yes, that is a very good answer. It addresses both the general situation and the OP's specific issues. I might edit to add a link to the documentation. | |
| Apr 3, 2014 at 11:47 | comment | added | user9517 | @dotancohen: Here is a recent example. It describes how to solve the problem in a generic manner which is useful to more people than just the OP. I believe the answer is complete and useful. A little effort on someones part and it can be converted to iptables commands (which I chose not to do). I was surprised that someone didn't just provide the codez. I prefer that people learn how rather than learn to copy/paste but hey. | |
| Apr 3, 2014 at 11:30 | comment | added | dotancohen | As a frequent asker but infrequent answerer (due to experience) I prefer the answers with links to the fine manual, but I do tend to accept those answers with teh codez as the added effort by the answerer does deserve the reward, and also to help those who come after me find the relevant info quickly. Perhaps I should state clearly in the question that I'm looking for documentation, not a solution. That does seem to be against the scope of SE sites in general, though. | |
| Mar 21, 2014 at 8:19 | history | edited | user9517 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 20, 2014 at 22:59 | comment | added | ETL | "I've had several juniors over the years and the all benefited from being pointed in the right direction" - I absolutely concur, never was able to help another sysadmin by telling them what to do step-by-step. They forgot the steps the next day and then become robots "if XYZ occurs, do steps ABC". They don't understand the system. Pointing them out in the right direction give them a chance to understand and act intelligently and thus make less mistake later when the situation resembles but is not the same as an earlier one. | |
| Mar 20, 2014 at 22:09 | vote | accept | dawud | ||
| Mar 20, 2014 at 21:52 | comment | added | user9517 | @dawud: Absolutely, I've had several juniors over the years and the all benefited from being pointed in the right direction and shown how to find things out rather than being shown how to do something (if time allowed). Being able to read documentation and find things out is a key sysadmin skill which is lost on most of the devs who ask questions on SF. | |
| Mar 20, 2014 at 21:48 | comment | added | dawud | "I've tried giving answers that outline the process rather than spoon feeding" . This is my general opinion as well, and I think it is empowering to do so. | |
| Mar 20, 2014 at 21:33 | history | edited | user9517 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 20, 2014 at 21:23 | history | answered | user9517 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |