Well like you said, expertise is generally self taught so they don't really understand the model of someone asking how to learn. They never asked someone how to

Well like you said, expertise is generally self taught so they don't really understand the model of someone asking how to learn. They never asked someone how to learn. They pick a goal/problem to solve (or have one thrust upon them) and churn through whatever books or googling it takes to learn enough to do it. idk i think the same pattern applies in many fields. as a beginner you worry about plan should i follow, which diet, which book, which language, which guru to follow. But all of the "how" questions are really just a proxy for the discomfort of feeling dumb and confused and incompetent at something new. The only real answer is yeah, feeling dumb is part of it, just keep going.