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> So when you feel like a noob, sort it out. I feel like this is exactly the point he's making: if you're not putting yourself in positions where you feel like

by cirgue 7y ago

> So when you feel like a noob, sort it out. I feel like this is exactly the point he's making: if you're not putting yourself in positions where you feel like a noob, you'er not engaging your skills to their fullest potential, because the 'sorting it out' part is the thing that's really good for you. Nowhere here does he say 'feel like a noob and stay that way."

GistNoesis 7y ago
That's not my way of reading it. He seems to imply that feeling like a noob is normal due to the modern age complexity of this world. If I understand correctly he is telling go and don't be afraid of feeling like a noob. I'm saying if you feel like a noob, stop and fix it before exploring further or risk being lost. I take the contrarian opinion that even though there is growing complexity it is still orderly enough that once experienced enough feeling like a noob should be something akin finding a gem, or having a paradigm shift, which although you should be happy to find, it should remain occasional. I don't believe you need to feel like a noob to be engaging your skills at their fullest potential. In fact that's quite the opposite. It's akin to having bugs in software. Having bugs in software could be a symptom of engaging your skills to the max. But it's more likely the symptom of sloppiness that has accumulated. In fact when your software has bugs, you spend your time doing some bug fixing, instead of doing more interesting things. If you are in position that you are feeling like a noob, or have bug in software, try to understand what went so wrong that you are in this situation and try as much as possible to not be again (but keep exploring and building software). This is a symptom that you are working in a messy environment that is on a path to more mess where you will get lost. You won't sculpt a fine piece of art if you spend your time fixing your chisel every ten minutes.

by cirgue 7y ago

GistNoesis 7y ago

That's not my way of reading it. He seems to imply that feeling like a noob is normal due to the modern age complexity of this world. If I understand correctly he is telling go and don't be afraid of feeling like a noob. I'm saying if you feel like a noob, stop and fix it before exploring further or risk being lost. I take the contrarian opinion that even though there is growing complexity it is still orderly enough that once experienced enough feeling like a noob should be something akin finding a gem, or having a paradigm shift, which although you should be happy to find, it should remain occasional. I don't believe you need to feel like a noob to be engaging your skills at their fullest potential. In fact that's quite the opposite. It's akin to having bugs in software. Having bugs in software could be a symptom of engaging your skills to the max. But it's more likely the symptom of sloppiness that has accumulated. In fact when your software has bugs, you spend your time doing some bug fixing, instead of doing more interesting things. If you are in position that you are feeling like a noob, or have bug in software, try to understand what went so wrong that you are in this situation and try as much as possible to not be again (but keep exploring and building software). This is a symptom that you are working in a messy environment that is on a path to more mess where you will get lost. You won't sculpt a fine piece of art if you spend your time fixing your chisel every ten minutes.