Thoughts on Technical Opinions
- by Joe Mayo
Nearly every day, people send email from the C# Station contact form with feedback on the tutorial. The overwhelming majority is positive and “Thank You” notes. Some feedback identifies problems such as typos, grammatical errors, or a constructive explanation of an item that was confusing. It’s pretty rare, but I even get emails that are not very nice at all – no big deal because it comes with the territory and is sometimes humorous. Sometimes I get questions related to the content that is more of a general nature, referring to best practices or approaches. It’s these more general questions that are sometimes interesting because there’s often no right or wrong answer. There was a time when I was more opinionated about these general scenarios, but not so much anymore. Sure, people who are learning are wanting to know the “right” way to do something and general guidance is good to help them get started. However, just because a certain practice is the way you or your clique does things, doesn’t mean that another approach is wrong. These days, I think that a more open-minded approach when providing technical guidance is more constructive. By the way, to all the people who consistently send kind emails each day: You’re very welcome. :) @JoeMayo
