Nah, you’ve got the concepts down, I always try to drip feed this kind of information to people when it comes up.
It’s a lot - it takes years to absorb all of it even with a degree in it, and new concepts are always spreading. Gently correcting and being corrected is the only way
It’s part of the methodology my brother passed to me when I was learning - using the same terms as everyone else is critical, because if you can describe it correctly you can search it
And if your understandings don’t line up, you have to iron out the differences or you’ll waste time talking past each other
Knowing there is a difference between assembly and machine code isn’t something most people know, are you technical or interested in programming?
I work in IT. I don’t have much use for knowing the difference, but as a point of principle for me, I want to be correct, so if I’m not correct, I’d rather be corrected.
So I appreciate it.
Also the fact that there’s a lot to know, phew, you said it brother (or sister? Idk, doesn’t matter). IT is a minefield of information on all kinds of things. I used to get overwhelmed by spec sheets, now I look at them and think “there isn’t enough information here”.
as a point of principle for me, I want to be correct, so if I’m not correct, I’d rather be corrected.
Couldn’t have said it better myself. It stings at first to be wrong, but once you get used to it all that remains is the joy of learning something
It is pretty wild how quickly endless hieroglyphs turn into barely hints.
My sorta boss and I started building this accounting system for our customer a few months out. We knew nothing about accounting. What’s the difference between a sales receipt and an invoice or payment? What’s the difference between the identical objects, customers and vendors? Wtf is a class… It was just a flag you can put on things. What’s the difference between a chart of accounts, journal entry, and a ledger?
I still don’t half understand the why (half of these things are combined versions of other things), but 3 months in I suddenly understood what double entry accounting was, I had heard of it in an anime but had no idea how you would do it. 6 months in and we’re brainstorming if we want to drop journal entries and just do in chart of accounts
I have zero interest in accounting (it literally gave me headaches for the first few weeks), my dad likes doing that sort of thing. I found myself explaining accounting to him the other day
How the turn tables indeed… It just creeps up on you one day
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Right. That’s my bad. I’m not a programmer or developer, so I conflate machine code and assembly far too frequently.
Nah, you’ve got the concepts down, I always try to drip feed this kind of information to people when it comes up.
It’s a lot - it takes years to absorb all of it even with a degree in it, and new concepts are always spreading. Gently correcting and being corrected is the only way
It’s part of the methodology my brother passed to me when I was learning - using the same terms as everyone else is critical, because if you can describe it correctly you can search it
And if your understandings don’t line up, you have to iron out the differences or you’ll waste time talking past each other
Knowing there is a difference between assembly and machine code isn’t something most people know, are you technical or interested in programming?
I work in IT. I don’t have much use for knowing the difference, but as a point of principle for me, I want to be correct, so if I’m not correct, I’d rather be corrected.
So I appreciate it.
Also the fact that there’s a lot to know, phew, you said it brother (or sister? Idk, doesn’t matter). IT is a minefield of information on all kinds of things. I used to get overwhelmed by spec sheets, now I look at them and think “there isn’t enough information here”.
How the turn tables.
Couldn’t have said it better myself. It stings at first to be wrong, but once you get used to it all that remains is the joy of learning something
It is pretty wild how quickly endless hieroglyphs turn into barely hints.
My sorta boss and I started building this accounting system for our customer a few months out. We knew nothing about accounting. What’s the difference between a sales receipt and an invoice or payment? What’s the difference between the identical objects, customers and vendors? Wtf is a class… It was just a flag you can put on things. What’s the difference between a chart of accounts, journal entry, and a ledger?
I still don’t half understand the why (half of these things are combined versions of other things), but 3 months in I suddenly understood what double entry accounting was, I had heard of it in an anime but had no idea how you would do it. 6 months in and we’re brainstorming if we want to drop journal entries and just do in chart of accounts
I have zero interest in accounting (it literally gave me headaches for the first few weeks), my dad likes doing that sort of thing. I found myself explaining accounting to him the other day
How the turn tables indeed… It just creeps up on you one day