I like that I'm so consistent I can cite myself five separate times to make the point that "learning is a key part of technical problem-solving so we should probably stop being asshats about people doing it"
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I like that I'm so consistent I can cite myself five separate times to make the point that "learning is a key part of technical problem-solving so we should probably stop being asshats about people doing it"
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Consistent/obsessive, potato potahto
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AND, and -- I have recently put my finger on something that bothered me a lot and it's the "better but not quite there" stereotype that learning is only "cool and shiny learning" for developers if it's divergent thinking novel solution learning. Absolutely not. Imitative learning, social learning as reproduction of others' solutions, small modifications of others' solutions, is most of what we do when we problem solve on this planet probably.
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some people: "even if you're not a solitary genius it's ok maybe! there's still room!"
me, a psychologist of achievement: "sorry I just can't bring myself to care that much about geniuses or design for them, kind of boring sorry"
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@grimalkina I'm reminded of that time a few years ago when Paul Graham had all the worst techfluencers convinced that being unable to articulate your ideas, or understand when other people articulate theirs, was a sign of particularly special genius.