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> unconscious incompetent -> conscious incompetent -> conscious competent -> unconscious competent This is a fascinating observation. Can you elaborate on the

• treme 2y ago
  having to stay conscious to do the task vs being able to do it on auto-pilot.
  • paulmooreparks 2y ago
    This concept is also covered in a Taoist story about The Dexterous Butcher: https://www.bopsecrets.org/gateway/passages/chuang-tzu.htm https://www.bopsecrets.org/gateway/passages/chuang-tzu.htm
• ianbutler 2y ago
  Not OP but let me try to define by example. I've been programming for 19 years give or take, starting as a kid I'm now 29. There are many parts of software engineering in several domains that are just second nature to me at this point, I don't think deeply about how to write or structure the code, it's simply an intuitive action and it's usually somewhat solid code when I finish producing it. I just write good code without having to think about how to write good code. I've also become competent in several other domains as I've continued in the field and I can write good code in those domains, low level systems engineering as an example, however, I have to think through systematically how to structure the code and how to avoid memory issues etc etc. I'm competent, but it takes a bit longer and I'm actively considering structure etc, checking papers, reading docs more deeply. I can say I'm competent and even good in those differing areas, but the amount of effort needed to achieve the perception of being good is a lot different between them. Some areas are basically effortless and some are effortful. That's the distinction between unconscious competent and conscious competent as I would define it.
• teractiveodular 2y ago
  These are the standard four stages of competence in psychology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_stages_of_competence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_stages_of_competence