This applies to every domain which has experts. Somehow, the learning curve takes you places you later abandon. If there is a lesson to take from this is that

This applies to every domain which has experts. Somehow, the learning curve takes you places you later abandon. If there is a lesson to take from this is that one might be able to get a feeling for what the extra fluff in second stage looks like. The hype, the enjoyment of doing things for the wrong reasons etc. A rather insidious side effect is that most people who teach / talk about the process are in second stage. The experts usually went beyond examining the process, and have little interest in discussing it.