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My wife said one of the most valuable things she learned in nursing school is: I keep a picture of a healthy patient in my head, and when I look at a new patien
by linsomniac 3y ago
My wife said one of the most valuable things she learned in nursing school is: I keep a picture of a healthy patient in my head, and when I look at a new patient I zero in on how they look different from a healthy patient.
I've often thought about that and used similar mechanisms in my tech work.
- hereforthecake2 3y ago> I've often thought about that and used similar mechanisms in my tech work. This made me laugh because I can't for the life of me figure out what this means. Can you elaborate? Sounds interesting.
- Izkata 3y agoHave an idea of what should happen, compare it to what actually happens. Even if it's not the thing you're actively working on, something being out of place tends to stick out as wrong and will help you notice problems earlier. An example from pairing with someone at work recently: "Wait a minute, that ran way too fast, there's no way it actually succeeded" - indeed, it had failed in a way the system couldn't detect. I kinda thought everyone does this at at least a basic level. How else would you realize your code has the wrong output?
- yMEyUyNE1 3y agoSomething similar to "begin with the end in mind".