Introduction

Stackoverflow has been part of every programmers day to day work. From finding solution to the errors, looking for best approach of the solution or just helping other fellow programmers on the internet, stackoverflow is an excellent website. 

In the era of two poles of internet search nowadays, ChatGPT and Google Search, it may seem that stackoverflow is loosing it's charm. I have been a user for a decade and I really enjoy reading questions and answers, not necessarily I am actively contributing the way I used to do earlier but still I find is truly valueable for learning and understanding the concepts. 

Having said that, the stackoverflow community has been a great company to be with so that you can ensure continuous learning.

How did it helped me?

Stackoverflow is the reason I managed to grab my first job, I knew nothing and I know nothing. When I signed up, I did all the mistakes that any new member would do, try to answer questions without clear explanations, impulsive voting and flagging, focusing on gaining reputation rather than helping the people etc.

However, I stick to it for longer and slowly kept on improing the way I answer the questions and primarily focused on helping instead of just answering the questions for the sake of gaining points. In a long term it helped me in following ways and most probably to anyone who actively contributed for a year and so,

• I started paying much more attention to the problem rather than solution.
• I understood the value of community and open source.
• I learned to explain things better.
• I gained confidence to build things on my own. etc.

Where am I currently?

Following is my Stackoverflow flair,

Is it still worth?