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Will Rogers said "Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." I can't think of any substitute for experience. You can read
by gregjor 2y ago
Will Rogers said "Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment."
I can't think of any substitute for experience. You can read and study what you call concepts and patterns, just like you can read about baking a cake, but you can't get experience from study. You practice, make mistakes, stretch your abilities every day, and with luck you find good mentors.
- namaria 2y agoYup. Can only beat search after doing search. Goes for the larger societal systems and for the individual as well, because there's no shortcut to search the space of socially acquired knowledge.
- Desafinado 2y agoI agree with this, although I'd add that study becomes exceptionally useful after you've reached the senior level. Until you've seen most of what the software industry can throw at you, study isn't that useful. But after you've seen it all you'll be quick to glean the relevance and importance of new concepts when studying.
- swirly-mcswirl 2y agoThanks a lot, I will keep this in mind.