I think this is just because most self help/self learn topics focus on beginners or people who like the idea of starting. It's easy for the writer to get a win. You don't need to be an expert to write something targeted at beginners. Like in programming, that's why we have endless "how to write your first todo app in ..." and not "how to maintain and organize a 10k loc application with 5 co workers all trying to fuck it up"
If you like to write, you're already writing, you're not a beginner anymore I would think. I think the same thing could be written as we need more intermediate and advanced advice.
Many topics branch exponentially as they become more complex making it difficult to train on the many variations that may occur. Do you want to get a student comfortable with the concept and get them going and then guide them to a place where they can begin to help themselves.
In tech, docs are difficult to use if you don’t quite know what you should be referencing. But after becoming familiar with the concepts, terms, and having gained some practical experience, the docs begin to unleash their power.
Saying that I agree that there is often quite a bit of track left even after the basics. At the least, taking the student down an increasingly complex path that although maybe not directly useful, helps build more experience.
But, you will probably get fewer views from content that is possibly more difficult and time consuming to build.
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I think this is just because most self help/self learn topics focus on beginners or people who like the idea of starting. It's easy for the writer to get a win. You don't need to be an expert to write something targeted at beginners. Like in programming, that's why we have endless "how to write your first todo app in ..." and not "how to maintain and organize a 10k loc application with 5 co workers all trying to fuck it up"
If you like to write, you're already writing, you're not a beginner anymore I would think. I think the same thing could be written as we need more intermediate and advanced advice.
Many topics branch exponentially as they become more complex making it difficult to train on the many variations that may occur. Do you want to get a student comfortable with the concept and get them going and then guide them to a place where they can begin to help themselves.
In tech, docs are difficult to use if you don’t quite know what you should be referencing. But after becoming familiar with the concepts, terms, and having gained some practical experience, the docs begin to unleash their power.
Saying that I agree that there is often quite a bit of track left even after the basics. At the least, taking the student down an increasingly complex path that although maybe not directly useful, helps build more experience.
But, you will probably get fewer views from content that is possibly more difficult and time consuming to build.