Thought much of this applied to the mindset of a programmer entering their second decade of work. "the biggest misconception that non-mathematicians have about

Thought much of this applied to the mindset of a programmer entering their second decade of work. "the biggest misconception that non-mathematicians have about how mathematicians think is that there is some mysterious mental faculty that is used to crack a problem all at once. In reality, one can ever think only a few moves ahead, trying out possible attacks from one's arsenal on simple examples relating to the problem, or using analogies with other ideas one understands."