> “Higher capacity enables faster learning, but our unlimited long-term memory removes limitations on how much we could ultimately learn in total.1 Expert progr

> “Higher capacity enables faster learning, but our unlimited long-term memory removes limitations on how much we could ultimately learn in total.1 Expert programmers may have low or high working memory capacity but it is the contents of their long-term memory that make them experts.” I’ve always told “kids” that you can learn a lot about systems but with programming and IT systems in general, there is just no substitute for getting the raw mileage of having seen many permutations, iterations, and manifestations. It’s not a dig, but a statement made in the context of encouraging new people to stick with it and not beat themselves up too much when they inevitably get overwhelmed by the scope of their unknowns or roll a critical miss. It’s all about learning, all the time.