Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Chinese Proverb
Many of the questions asked CR4 can be answered with a simple internet search, yet many people don't know how (which is odd because they found CR4, which in many cases is far harder than putting the exact question into an internet search engine with the answer popping up in the first or second hit).
Now, it is all well and good to point people to the google search page, Wikipedia or some other vague place like "look on the internet", but are there any good sites on the internet that people could be directed to to teach them the basics of internet searching so they can answer their own questions both now and in the future?
I spent 9 years at University (and a few more at college) getting the tools and base knowledge to assist in my engineering career and yet my training in one of the most useful tools (the internet) was almost entirely self-taught. Sure training on Math-Cad was nice but I don't use it nearly as much as the internet. Basic internet search training including relevant search and content sites (specific to your profession) should be taught in the first year of any scientific or engineering course in my opinion (or have things changed since then).
Yes a lot of internet searching is basic common sense but there are many tips and tricks that aren't taught you need to learn and pickup to sift through the ever-growing amount of data to separate fact from fantasy and to find that ever elusive answer, part, data sheet or circuit diagram FAST (or at all). Time is money to an employer after all.
What are other peoples views on this subject?
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