It's interesting because the idea that they hone their craft is in contrast with the other author aphorism that "you have your whole life to write your first no

It's interesting because the idea that they hone their craft is in contrast with the other author aphorism that "you have your whole life to write your first novel, and one year to write your second". I wonder if the ideas in the early works are any more interesting or creative, but just not written as well. I think this tension between planning and upfront design on the one hand and just executing something* on the other applies to software engineering as well.