Gladwell's 10k hours rule is disputed.[1] Assuming it were true, for sake of argument, it's not 10,000 hours to get good at something. The difference between

Gladwell's 10k hours rule is disputed.[1] Assuming it were true, for sake of argument, it's not 10,000 hours to get good at something. The difference between bad and good is much, much smaller than the difference between being good and great at something. Josh Kaufman argues that 20 hours could be enough.[2] All things being equal, make a change. I did this more or less accidentally (applied for programming, got turned into a systems engineer) and it was terrific. Feeling stupid is awful, but it's pretty good for you in the end. [1] https://www.goodlifeproject.com/podcast/anders-ericsson/1 https://www.goodlifeproject.com/podcast/anders-ericsson/1 [2] https://piped.kavin.rocks/watch?v=5MgBikgcWnY https://piped.kavin.rocks/watch?v=5MgBikgcWnY