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What do you do with newly learned knowledge?

Survey period: 5 Sep 2016 to 12 Sep 2016

Through blood, sweat and/or tears you've learned something tricky, interesting, or just plain annoying. What do you do with this new wisdom? (suggested by Zombie Code Monkey)

OptionVotes% 
I keep it to myself25825.90
I share it with my team at work58859.04
I share it with my friends33333.43
I share it with the world (blogs, articles etc)19319.38
I never discover anything new787.83
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%



 
NewsIf it ain't got no Share button ... Pin
MacSpudster9-Sep-16 8:04
professionalMacSpudster9-Sep-16 8:04 
Generalsharing Pin
Dennis E White8-Sep-16 5:31
professionalDennis E White8-Sep-16 5:31 
GeneralIf other solutions suck... Pin
Imagiv8-Sep-16 4:49
Imagiv8-Sep-16 4:49 
Generali WANT TO SAY IF NEEDED SHARE IT WITH YOUR TEAM WORK Pin
Emad Al Hawary6-Sep-16 20:16
Emad Al Hawary6-Sep-16 20:16 
GeneralMessage Removed Pin
8-Sep-16 3:38
professionalN_tro_P8-Sep-16 3:38 
GeneralIt used to be... PinPopular
Z.C.M.6-Sep-16 16:04
professionalZ.C.M.6-Sep-16 16:04 
When I first started in this business, I was of the opinion that it was best to share everything you learned with as many as you could. This was especially true when we started migrating our applications off the mainframe to C#. This was something I did at the time on a regular basis and it didn't matter to me how simple it was or how complex or awesome it was. The point wasn't to impress my co-workers with my not so awesome knowledge, but to share what I had learned in an open manner.

It only took a handful of years for it to finally sink in to that lump of coal I call a brain that no one where I work, yes, still, really cared whether I, or anyone else, shared any knowledge or were run over by a bus on the way back from lunch—including management whom I've had this very conversation with.

Consequently, my knowledge sharing over the last five years or so has dropped to almost nil. When I do learn something new or a better way of coding a particular action, I generally just save it to a personal email folder for later reference. When I do share it is only with one or two people that more than likely don't really care either, but at least they feign well.
"...JavaScript could teach Dyson how to suck." -- Nagy Vilmos

GeneralOf course I share Pin
Mike Hankey6-Sep-16 7:15
mveMike Hankey6-Sep-16 7:15 
AnswerI usually forget it and spend my time trying to remember it Pin
Slacker0076-Sep-16 4:22
professionalSlacker0076-Sep-16 4:22 
GeneralI never discover anything new Pin
Herbie Mountjoy6-Sep-16 3:53
professionalHerbie Mountjoy6-Sep-16 3:53 
GeneralRe: I never discover anything new (everybody's special department) Pin
W Balboos, GHB6-Sep-16 4:07
W Balboos, GHB6-Sep-16 4:07 
GeneralRe: I never discover anything new (everybody's special department) Pin
Herbie Mountjoy30-Sep-16 0:48
professionalHerbie Mountjoy30-Sep-16 0:48 
GeneralEverybody Pin
User 592415-Sep-16 23:22
User 592415-Sep-16 23:22 
GeneralI share it with the world (blogs, articles etc.) Pin
koolprasad20035-Sep-16 22:34
professionalkoolprasad20035-Sep-16 22:34 
GeneralRe: I share it with the world (blogs, articles etc.) Pin
RickZeeland5-Sep-16 22:50
mveRickZeeland5-Sep-16 22:50 
GeneralRe: I share it with the world (blogs, articles etc.) Pin
n.podbielski6-Sep-16 3:50
n.podbielski6-Sep-16 3:50 
GeneralI keep it to myself to keep from Pin
Ron Anders5-Sep-16 12:49
Ron Anders5-Sep-16 12:49 
GeneralRe: I keep it to myself to keep from Pin
RickZeeland5-Sep-16 22:49
mveRickZeeland5-Sep-16 22:49 
GeneralRe: I keep it to myself to keep from Pin
Johnny J.6-Sep-16 4:36
professionalJohnny J.6-Sep-16 4:36 
GeneralI share it with them Pin
Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan5-Sep-16 8:42
professionalAfzaal Ahmad Zeeshan5-Sep-16 8:42 
GeneralWith Team? Sort of, but Pin
W Balboos, GHB5-Sep-16 4:22
W Balboos, GHB5-Sep-16 4:22 
GeneralTrue creators Pin
john morrison leon5-Sep-16 3:37
john morrison leon5-Sep-16 3:37 
GeneralRe: True creators Pin
W Balboos, GHB6-Sep-16 4:05
W Balboos, GHB6-Sep-16 4:05 
GeneralRe: True creators Pin
TheGreatAndPowerfulOz6-Sep-16 7:07
TheGreatAndPowerfulOz6-Sep-16 7:07 
GeneralMessage Removed Pin
6-Sep-16 4:23
professionalN_tro_P6-Sep-16 4:23 
GeneralWhen I'll take over the world no one will ever know what happened!!! Pin
Joan M5-Sep-16 1:12
professionalJoan M5-Sep-16 1:12 

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