This article can be summed up by point 1 of George Leonard's keys to Mastery, or Getting Good at Anything. All 5 major points are as follows: 1. Find good ins

This article can be summed up by point 1 of George Leonard's keys to Mastery, or Getting Good at Anything. All 5 major points are as follows: 1. Find good instruction. (Read good code, find a good programmer) 2. Love to practice. (Write code.) 3. Have the beginner's mindset. (Don't get cocky, observe with new eyes.) 4. Have a vision / goal. (You want to be an architect? Graphics guru? AI master?) 5. Push the boundaries. (Code beyond your perceived "abilities".) A more succint and general version of that quote is by TS Elliot: Talent copies; genius steals! Anyway good read!