So tell me, lets pretend that I want to learn to program. Where do I start? I need a guide.
As far as learning is concerned, college really is just one big guide. Universities test your knowledge, but the student is absolutely ultimately responsible for himself and his learning. If tests and accreditation do not matter, then university is merely a guide — a very expensive guide.
But, I ask, why don’t we have guides? There are so very many books out there, but no books that help guide our purchasing habits.
Of course, some may argue that this is simply intellectual copping out — a new sort of “top 10″ list. I hope this doesn’t happen.
Anyway, I would like to create some guides, for my own sake, if no one else’s.
