[afarrell]

I was asking myself this in 2013 and in 2014 I quit my job because of it. I thought https://www.codementor.io/ was going after this problem.

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If not, it pains me to know that there still isn’t an answer besides, “quit and be skilled enough at determining that a company is good at teaching best practices.”

> books

Are a way to absorb information that the author thought a broad audience would want to know and be able to digest. They don’t replace being able to get detailed individual feedback on your work and your particular questions.

> make mistakes

In my experience, mistakes have one big flaw: They don’t teach you a way to do something correctly. It is possible to go into a situation thinking, “I don’t know what to do here and I need help.” And to come out of the situation saying, “Yep, I did my best and I failed in pretty much the way I thought I would. New information learned: none.” Ideally, you would be able to shop for or come up with a workable solution yourself. In reality, humans benefit greatly by learning from the past solutions of others and from getting personal recommendations.