{"id":2380,"date":"2015-12-16T19:59:13","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T19:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nikola-breznjak.com\/blog\/?p=2380"},"modified":"2015-12-16T20:12:10","modified_gmt":"2015-12-16T20:12:10","slug":"i-reached-5k-rep-on-stackoverflow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikola-breznjak.com\/blog\/stack-overflow\/i-reached-5k-rep-on-stackoverflow\/","title":{"rendered":"I reached 5k rep on StackOverflow and this is how it helped me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yippee, my milestone has finally been reached; I\u00a0went over the magical <strong>5000<\/strong> reputation on <a href=\"http:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/534755\/nikola\">StackOverflow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikola-breznjak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/so5k.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2380]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2398\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nikola-breznjak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/so5k.jpg\" alt=\"so5k\" width=\"1020\" height=\"726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikola-breznjak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/so5k.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/nikola-breznjak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/so5k-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This currently places me in the top 4% this year, and in the top 2% in my country.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikola-breznjak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/notBad.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2380]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nikola-breznjak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/notBad.jpg\" alt=\"notBad\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikola-breznjak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/notBad.jpg 400w, https:\/\/nikola-breznjak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/notBad-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/nikola-breznjak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/notBad-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the beginning, I was asking way more questions than giving answers, but that leveled out and recently I surpassed the number of questions (138) with the number of answers (147).<\/p>\n<p>My current top 5+1 questions by number of upvotes:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/6426795\/what-is-disableselection-used-for-in-jquery-sortable\">(61) What is disableSelection used for in jQuery sortable?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/11630440\/how-to-replace-text-between-quotes-in-vi\">(39) How to replace text between quotes in vi<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/6580450\/serialize-form-not-working-in-jquery\">(18) Serialize form not working in jQuery<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/11802361\/add-three-dots-in-a-multiline-span\">(15) Add three dots in a multiline span<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/5057320\/php-function-to-evaluate-string-like-2-1-as-arithmetic-2-1-1\">(14) PHP function to evaluate string like &#8220;2-1&#8221; as arithmetic 2-1=1<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/13495930\/jquery-themeroller-gallery-for-mobile\">(12) jQuery Themeroller Gallery for Mobile<\/a><\/p>\n<p>My current top 5+1 answers by number of upvotes:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/1944302\/jquery-select-an-elements-class-and-id-at-the-same-time\">(19) jQuery: select an element&#8217;s class and id at the same time?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/12276416\/how-to-open-a-link-new-tab-with-print-command\">(18) How to open a link new tab with print command?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/11868512\/linking-using-relative-path-on-github-readme-md\">(13) Linking using relative path on Github README.md<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/11740663\/google-map-api-uncaught-typeerror-cannot-read-property-offsetwidth-of-null\">(7) Google MAP API Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property &#8216;offsetWidth&#8217; of null<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/13681654\/jquerymobile-data-dismissible-in-version-1-2\">(6) jQueryMobile data-dismissible in version 1.2<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/31235373\/whats-the-difference-between-ionic-build-and-ionic-prepare\">(6) What&#8217;s the difference between &#8220;ionic build&#8221; and &#8220;ionic prepare&#8221;?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For <a href=\"http:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/help\/badges\/28\/famous-question?userid=534755\">these questions<\/a> I got the golden Famous Question badge (question with 10,000+ views):<\/p>\n<div class=\"single-badge-row-question\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"single-badge-summary\"><a class=\"question-hyperlink\" href=\"http:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/5869894\/wait-for-images-to-load-and-then-execute-all-other-code\">Wait for images to load and then execute all other code<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"single-badge-summary\"><a class=\"question-hyperlink\" href=\"http:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/11646377\/jquery-datatables-plugin-too-slow-need-a-replacement\">jQuery datatables plugin too slow &#8211; need a replacement<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"single-badge-summary\"><a class=\"question-hyperlink\" href=\"http:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/13491510\/jquery-mobile-changepage-with-swipe-transition\">jQuery Mobile changePage with swipe transition<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"single-badge-summary\"><a class=\"question-hyperlink\" href=\"http:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/5057320\/php-function-to-evaluate-string-like-2-1-as-arithmetic-2-1-1\">PHP function to evaluate string like \u201c2-1\u201d as arithmetic 2-1=1<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"single-badge-summary\"><a class=\"question-hyperlink\" href=\"http:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/11802361\/add-three-dots-in-a-multiline-span\">Add three dots in a multiline span<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"single-badge-summary\"><a class=\"question-hyperlink\" href=\"http:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/6580450\/serialize-form-not-working-in-jquery\">Serialize form not working in jQuery<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"single-badge-summary\"><a class=\"question-hyperlink\" href=\"http:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/6426795\/what-is-disableselection-used-for-in-jquery-sortable\">What is disableSelection used for in jQuery sortable?<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"single-badge-summary\"><a class=\"question-hyperlink\" href=\"http:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/5134881\/how-to-turn-off-php-safe-mode-in-plesk-10\">How to turn off php safe mode in plesk 10? [closed]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The tags I&#8217;m most active in are ionic, ionic-framework, jquery, php,\u00a0html, javascript, cordova, and <a href=\"http:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/534755\/nikola?tab=tags\">211 more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the <a href=\"http:\/\/meta.stackoverflow.com\/questions\/303988\/how-did-stack-overflow-help-you\/305392\">question on meta.StackOverflow<\/a>\u00a0about how did StackOverlow help me, <a href=\"http:\/\/meta.stackoverflow.com\/questions\/303988\/how-did-stack-overflow-help-you\/305392#305392\">my answer was<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>StackOverflow helped me <strong>a lot<\/strong>. Let me elaborate on this: currently, according to my upvotes, it helped me exactly <strong>3,630<\/strong> times <em>a lot<\/em>. Imagine that, learning 2.5 new useful things on average each day for four years now. And all that for free. Pro bono. Only upvote and (optionally) a kind word required.<strong>Priceless!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Also, more specifically, it helped me <strong>133<\/strong> times when I asked my own question (surprisingly, only <a href=\"http:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/users\/534755\/nikola?tab=questions&amp;sort=newest\">4 of them remained unanswered<\/a> so far).<\/p>\n<p>My experience with StackOverflow was very positive from the start (something I&#8217;ll elaborate a bit more below) &#8211; it was my first few weeks on a &#8220;test period&#8221; for a new job and I couldn&#8217;t solve one thing. They said it would be tricky and I sort of hoped that if I get it done quickly I&#8217;ll get some recognition. I did my fair share of googling and looking around the site (I knew about SO at that time already, but just haven&#8217;t asked any questions yet) and since I didn&#8217;t find any related question I finally decided to post. Not surprisingly, I got the answer in a matter of minutes. Sure enough, I did get permanently employed after that (and few other small tasks that I had to do on top of that).<\/p>\n<p>See, I would like to emphasize on a way that I asked my first question, by repeating that I&#8217;ve googled quite a lot and searched through existing SO questions. Now, we who are around here a bit longer know what started to happen. New users started to come and, well, the quality of questions was not on a given level. And, that&#8217;s why it hurts me to see quite a lot of people shitting on StackOverflow (yeah, we know who they are &#8211; simple google search will turn out quite a few posts), but if we would just be honest and acknowledge the fact that it somehow seems that these days everyone wants something &#8220;out of the box &#8211; give me the codez plz&#8221;, without ever doing the research them self. What&#8217;s the learning value in that, I honestly don&#8217;t know.<\/p>\n<p>Anyways, fast forward 4 years, I&#8217;m still loving it. Somewhere along the lines of using StackOverflow daily, I&#8217;ve grown as a developer and turned from the one who asks questions to someone who tends to contribute back to this wonderful community by giving answers. And, just yesterday I&#8217;ve &#8220;set the record straight&#8221; and leveled the number of my questions with the number of my answers. In the future I hope to help even more.<\/p>\n<p>As for other opportunities StackOverflow provided me, I can only say countless. I don&#8217;t have a huge rep, but nevertheless I&#8217;ve gotten into an invite only programming site thanks to my SO profile. Also, I&#8217;ve gotten few requests to write a book, be a technical reviewer, and I get a lot of clicks from SO to<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikola-breznjak.com\/blog\" rel=\"nofollow\">my blog<\/a>. It seems a bit cocky to say, but people do tend to look at you differently when you say you have a somewhat fairly large amount of rep on SO. For me, it&#8217;s some kind of a badge of honor, to be honest \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>All in all &#8211; <strong>thank you StackOverflow<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>See you at 20k!\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikola-breznjak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/smileyGlasses.png\" rel=\"lightbox[2380]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1759\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nikola-breznjak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/smileyGlasses.png\" alt=\"smileyGlasses\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I reached 5k rep on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StackOverflow?src=hash\">#StackOverflow<\/a> and this is how it <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/helped?src=hash\">#helped<\/a> me <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A7xnWVOzkq\">https:\/\/t.co\/A7xnWVOzkq<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZqiDFCyy7z\">pic.twitter.com\/ZqiDFCyy7z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nikola Bre\u017enjak (@HitmanHR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HitmanHR\/status\/677218024697499648\">December 16, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yippee, my milestone has finally been reached; I\u00a0went over the magical 5000 reputation on StackOverflow. 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