I'd never thought about it quite like that but that really matches my experience. Most of what I tried didn't work but I got to keep trying other ways without s

I'd never thought about it quite like that but that really matches my experience. Most of what I tried didn't work but I got to keep trying other ways without some yelling about why attempts 1, 2 and 3 failed. Great fun looking back, glad I'm not still in academia though.