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One of my philosophy professors told me once, "Remember: you can't edit nothing, but you can edit shit". Advice that's valuable beyond writing.
by lemonberry 7y ago
One of my philosophy professors told me once, "Remember: you can't edit nothing, but you can edit shit". Advice that's valuable beyond writing.
- dlo 7y agoThis is an excellent quote. I'd like to attribute it properly -- would you mind naming this professor?
- lemonberry 7y agoOut of respect for his privacy I'll reach out to him and ask.
- dlo 7y agoThat's very admirable behavior. If he assents, please do share his identity -- even if privately.
- pedalpete 7y agoI have a friend who is an excellent software engineer, and he has a very similar philosophy to his coding. Get something down and then fix it and improve it. He also says something along the lines of "if you look back on something you wrote a year later, and you don't feel compelled to change it, you haven't learned/thought/grown enough".