Question for polarizers

[nvictor]

Hey,

do you think that one can use the power of polarization to become proficient in other domains? I'm for example a C++ programmer. I know the basis, but I want to become the guru. The problem is that there are so many books and so many people who claim to be C++ gurus, and that you must read their books that I'm completely lost.

I'm a creative darkworker. I want to use the power of polarization to make the reasonable choice. But I don't know how... What is sure for the moment is that I need to quickly become proficient in order to start freelancing.

Do you have an idea?

[Theo77]

I am no expert. But I am engaging in a 30 day darkworker trial.

I think achieving mastery of a subject and using that mastery to gain personal power, is associated with the dark side.

So yes. I think that would work. As far as programming goes, I know nothing about that. As far as reading other peoples books maybe just read the best ones and think of them as the competition and not that you must be their follower.

[Theo77]

I would just add though, that this will work better, if you think C++ is better than sex. You know what I am saying?

I mean you need C++ to be basketball and you are Michael Jordan.

[nvictor]

...and how do you think I should choose the books and the tutorials I'm going to follow? Am I going to do what everbody else is doing?

[bdc]

Originally Posted by nvictor

...and how do you think I should choose the books and the tutorials I'm going to follow? Am I going to do what everbody else is doing?

Since you identify yourself as a darkworker, let me address this from your perspective:

If you took the time to read more bad books and tutorials, you'd already know how to choose.

It sounds like you're asking from the perspective of scarcity? Do you fear that doing what everyone else does will diminish you? Do you fear that there isn't enough time?

Mas sabe el diablo por viejo que por diablo.

Your goal is not to skip the bad books and tutorials. Your goal is to know what is what and who is who. Your goal is to be like the aged who have lived long enough to witness everything. You must know even the bad resources, so that you can use them to frustrate the weak and opposing. You must know even the bad authors, so that you can engineer their downfall; allowing the useful to flourish in the vacuum created by your reaping. This is how you serve the greater good by your mastery of dark work.

Reading the bad books and tutorials won't help you master C++ in the next 24 hours. But that doesn't matter, because you will continue to perfect yourself even when the sheep have retired to their frivolous pursuits and to the material possessions which enslave them. Because you are more and better, and you will prevail by your relentless self-perfection.

Seriously. You need to get your darkworker groove on.

[Sam988]

Originally Posted by nvictor

...and how do you think I should choose the books and the tutorials I'm going to follow? Am I going to do what everbody else is doing?

Polarizing wont help you choose the right books to read. Polarizing will make you be certain about the reason you want to master C++. It's a motivation factor, not a guide to help you find the best books to read, unfortunately.