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Ask HN: Where to go for short term expertise?

by newusertoday·8y ago·3 comments·view on hn ↗

generally while learning something new i catch hold of my colleagues who have prior experience with what i am trying to learn. I ask lot of stupid questions initially but get upto speed relatively quickly. Unfortunately this technique does not work if i don't find the expert i get blocked by my stupid questions and endless search for answers in stackoverflow/irc/slack without making much progress. Any idea/suggestions/pointers on where to go to find expertise?

PS: I don't mind paying for the expertise either.

Are you talking languages, frameworks, domain knowledge, etc...?

For many languages or frameworks, for me, a weekend with a Udemy/Pluralsight course is a good jumpstart and gets me to about 60% of where I need to be (most of the rest coming from writing production code of course)

Many of the very brightest people in my field are on Twitter, and most are usually happy to engage briefly.

Have you tried Clarity.fm?