> For example, I don't think anybody would say "I'm not good at Java" without trying to learn it first but people do this with design all the time without givin

> For example, I don't think anybody would say "I'm not good at Java" without trying to learn it first but people do this with design all the time without giving themselves a fair chance to try. This is what people say when they see me walking my cat. “I tried he just laid there.” I just smile and say, ah ya they’ll do that. If they hadn’t already given up, I’d probably probe on the fact that they probably bought a harness and tried it like once for 10 minutes. It can take months and years to get a cat comfortable walking around on a leash in a residential environment. People want turnkey everything.