What was it like to self-learn programming before Stack Overflow?

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If anything, I think sites like like Quora, InterviewStreet, Stack Overflow, AngelList, Startuply, etc. can do more damage to LinkedIn because they target high quality markets and they do so fairly effectively.

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Using a nifty algorithm, Work for Pie ranks coders by skill, based on quantitative data pulled from various online technical communities, including GitHub, Bitbucket, Stack Overflow and Hacker News.

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Examples: Stack Overflow (or Reddit).

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