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It's asinine to write about and promote such a result as "10,000 hours"[1] when the result was really that it varies a lot from skill to skill. Using some const
by Dewie 12y ago
It's asinine to write about and promote such a result as "10,000 hours"[1] when the result was really that it varies a lot from skill to skill. Using some constant number like 10,000 gives exactly the idea that there is some hard-and-fast rule to the amount of time needed to practice in order to attain some skill in some endeavour.
[1] Whether that was the author himself or the various people that that wrote second/third hand articles about it.
- PM_Tech 12y agoDoes employment in a CS career mean that you must be prescriptive in every aspect of your life? The 10,000 hours is a rough guide to a general consensus of sporting and professional pursuits. It is not appplicable to all people in all walks of life. Sometimes I fear for the sanity of coders; how do you people function without technical specifications telling you what to do??