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Replace the terrible word "learnings" #60

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@eentzel eentzel commented Feb 28, 2018

Pet peeve of mine, but this is a bogus word :)

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mo-g commented Feb 28, 2018

Thanks for putting this together! :)

I think I prefer the originally suggested 'lessons' over 'knowledge'. What's your take, @Widdershin?

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mo-g commented Feb 28, 2018

This fixes #55, for the record.

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Thanks @eentzel, good work 👍

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I will respect the learnings of those programmers who came before me

To me, this reads as respecting the immense body of work that precedes us, not re-inventing the wheel and doing due diligence to see what prior solutions have been considered for a problem.

I will respect the knowledge of those programmers who came before me

Whereas this to me reads as respecting the fact that all those prior programmers have a lot of knowledge, which almost feels like an appeal to seniority.

What do y'all think?

Is there a word we can use in place of knowledge or a modifier we can attach to indicate that it's less about respecting seniority for seniority's sake, but rather respecting the immense body of preceding work?

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@Widdershin Were you thinking some more along these lines?

I will respect the knowledge and wisdom of those programmers who came before me, and share my experiences, both good and bad, what I learned from them with those to come.

There is are graybeards who legitimately seem to know everything but there is also the story of Mel.

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Widdershin commented Feb 28, 2018

Hmmm, still doesn't feel quite right.

How about:

I will respect the lessons learned by those who came before me, and will share what I learn with those to come.

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eentzel commented Feb 28, 2018

I like that, @Widdershin — changed it in 44c0694.

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mo-g commented Feb 28, 2018

I'm getting an itchy merge-button finger. This looks good to me.

@Widdershin Widdershin merged commit 3e1d773 into Widdershin:master Feb 28, 2018
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Merged 😊 thanks for helping.

@eentzel eentzel deleted the patch-1 branch March 1, 2018 02:11
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I know this is late but for some reason I just got notification of this.

It is important to understand that "lessons" is narrower than "learnings" or "knowledge". There are many things people learn or discover, many kinds of knowledge that aren't lessons learned. Is the narrower meaning the intent of this item?

To me this oath item is one of the most important, and as you can see from my comment here I had read it with a broader meaning than "lessons learned".

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mo-g commented Mar 10, 2018

It is important to understand that "lessons" is narrower than "learnings" or "knowledge"

Not in this context. 'Learnings' is a recent word derived in corporate settings from the archaic singular noun 'Learning'. Otherwise, the word lessons is used in the exact same way. It does not in any way limit the way those lessons were learned, and does not in any way imply a setting such as 'classroom lessons'.

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