Comment by fny

I became a good engineer by answering questions on StackOverflow, and I'm upset that this form of mentorship evaporating.

- I learned to communicate answers crisply to others

- I saw what made software hard to grok which helped me write better software

- I intentionally answered questions I did not know the answer to from the outset to push me to learn

I grew tremendously by helping others, and things look pretty bleak if we all become glued to token streams instead.