If you take a retrospective look at the concept of a ‘career ladder’ outside its original metaphorical reference to a job promotion, you'll see that it is a lattice, not a ladder.
Learning in Public is one method of learning that takes advantage of the Internet to improve and master any skill. Practising in Public is a crucial component of this method.
In this era of social/digital media, we need to focus more on that [small] set of people that think the world of us.
The problem with what we call 'arguments' and their resultant effect(s), isn't that they are inherently bad but that people are attached to their ego while engaging in them.
This lays the foundation for our inability to engage in debates in a civil manner.