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There are a couple of HN tropes that are very similar, but not identical, to this idea. 1. "Growth mindset" 2. "90th percentile expertise in two areas is easi
by majos 7y ago
There are a couple of HN tropes that are very similar, but not identical, to this idea.
1. "Growth mindset"
2. "90th percentile expertise in two areas is easier to achieve and more useful than 99th percentile in one"
This post seems to suggest "you should remain open to growing into a solver of problems whose hardness stems from being fairly hard in both technical and non-technical ways while not being extremely hard in either alone, because such solvers are useful".
- chrisweekly 7y agoI think I dig your comment -- but I'm curious about your use of the word "tropes" which has a somewhat negative connotation; was that intentional?
- jholman 7y agoI'm curious why you think "trope" has a negative connotation. Was that researched?
- OJFord 7y agoNot GP, but to me it can be 'negative'-ish in the same way as 'cliché' is, i.e. it doesn't have to be, but can be used like 'well it's a bit of a trope (resp. cliché) that [...]'
- majos 7y agoIt’s not meant to be negative, just in the sense of “a commonly occurring rhetorical device”.