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From the post: "My advice for a practical upshot from this post would be: cultivate a deep sense of curiosity about the systems you work with. Ask questions ab
by troughway 7y ago
From the post:
"My advice for a practical upshot from this post would be: cultivate a deep sense of curiosity about the systems you work with. Ask questions about how they work, why they work that way, and how they were built."
This is the poignant thing about it all. The individual for who this post is written does not need to be told to cultivate this. The individual who does need to be told, on the other hand, is unlikely to.
In some ways the post reads as a "keep doing what you are doing" reminder.
- hinkley 7y agoSometimes, it's good for people who engage in persuasive speaking to talk to each other and compare notes. "Preaching to the choir" is known in some circles as rehearsing. Similarly, I have owned a couple of books I got almost nothing out of, other than something I can hand to people who ask a lot of questions. They're good books to own. One is quite beat up at this point, but worth it.