dominicq

I was hired as the sole IC for my company's docs. The workload is enormous; there are several products, each with specificities, different platforms, libraries, APIs, just a lot of stuff.

On the upside, I have free reign and can make decisions and implement them as I see fit. I was also tasked with setting the overall direction and strategy. So not just to do X, but to figure out which X needs doing and then do that X.

It all seems overwhelming at times, and I was wondering if anyone has ever been in the same boat: a lot of freedom, little direction, and a mountain of backlog. How to cope?

It used to be possible to use Google Search operators to search narrowly for something you were interested in, and then you'd find niche specialized forums, and random blogs with like 5 active readers.

I feel like this is no longer possible. I cannot find my own blog, like, at all. I'm not even indexed. What do you use simulate the web search experience from, say, 15 years ago?

Is there any consensus on whether it makes you a good programmer to study using LLMs? Or should you perhaps do it the old fashioned way, by reading manuals and banging your head against the problem?