In the fifteenth century, there was the geographers and the sailors. The geographers draw maps. They were beautiful, decorated with strange sea mammals. And they told the sailors that across the Atlantic Ocean, they would land in India. The sailors crossed the Atlantic, fighting against waves, storms, streams, and the many errors of their maps. Eventually they discovered a new continent.
Just the same, I believe I will learn more by coding. Bits of experimental code, full prototype applications, it does not matter. What matters is real knowledge I am building. It is so much fun. And what about the thrill when after hours of trials and debugging, suddenly, IT WORKS!
And the good news is: unlike experts, I will never tell my customers the across the Atlantic Ocean, lies India!