4 ms·
Somebody serious about deliberate practice will spend a lot of time seeking “tacit knowledge.” The author is possibly confused and thinks the term refers to rep
by gentleman11 5y ago
Somebody serious about deliberate practice will spend a lot of time seeking “tacit knowledge.” The author is possibly confused and thinks the term refers to repetition or reading or something. The original paper studies pianists and violinists (possibly chess players too?) - people who aren’t spending their exhausting practice in a library or chatting on discord except when it’s the most important thing to do
The strategic choice of how and what to study is also part of a good deliberate practice regime (interrupted from time to time in programming by needing to cram leetcode for no good reason, because why would a company want to hire somebody who was an expert at making modular easy-to-change systems when there are these heaps everywhere that need to be written from scratch in 15 minutes?)
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- caminante 5y agoI see your point, and I'm not equipped to articulate the distinction. It is fuzzy. > Somebody serious about deliberate practice will spend a lot of time seeking “tacit knowledge.” Putting words in the author's mouth, he's saying that tacit knowledge is more important in areas where (i) execution isn't clearly prescribed; to (ii) perform at a high level. The author gets into how in certain fields, there's a "missing manual" and requires figuring it out yourself or undergoing an apprenticeship, prioritizing attainment of tacit knowledge. Leetcoding is a "missing manual" expertise path and doesn't converge, IMHO, like chess, violin, athletics, etc.