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I think that boredom also plays a role.

• birdyrooster 7y ago
  Imposter syndrome plays a role here. Only a tiny fraction of the population will be wired in such a way that the tedium of reresearching and reimplementing is obviated by near photographic or eidetic memory. Those people can rattle off entire APIs with all of their classes and methods for things that they haven’t seen in years. It should be no surprise that these people are the leaders of our industry and make us feel shame for our pittance of knowledge. “I know everything, just not at the same time.” But for our most gifted engineers, it’s practically as if they know everything.