A similar comment Joel Spolsky from years ago always stuck with me. "... Even though I understand all the little bits, I can’t understand them fast enough to g

A similar comment Joel Spolsky from years ago always stuck with me. "... Even though I understand all the little bits, I can’t understand them fast enough to get the big picture. And the same thing happens in programming. If the basic concepts aren’t so easy that you don’t even have to think about them, you’re not going to get the big concepts." http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/GuerrillaInterviewing3.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/GuerrillaInterviewing...: