Teach a man to fish (and he'll die when he catches Fugu)
Published in Sam's Blog on July, 2013
About the article
Let's talk about how we teach new people to program.
There is a saying which I see getting thrown around frequently in the mailing lists and user groups for programming languages. Everyone knows the saying, and I used the latter half of it as the title for this post.
"Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you've fed him for life."
Samuel Levy is a software architect, developer and consultant.
He owns and operates Determined Development, a small web development and consulting company operating out of Brisbane, Australia.
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