On: How to seem good at everything: Stop doing stupid shit

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A music analogy. I know a woman who is a wonderful harpist. She's a freaking musical genius who comes up with awesome and highly imaginative stuff, and has the guts and skill to execute it. However, she often does this thing where she accelerates near the end of the number. I think she's just being sheepishly modest, but it makes the end feel like a cartoony little apology. Really, instead of speeding up, she might just as well segué into "Shave and a Haircut...Two Bits!"

There's an analogy here for both authors and software developers.