On: How To Become A Better Programmer By Not Programmi...

[ayanb]

> 'They never learned right in the first place.'

I can relate this to a game of Table Tennis. A guy I know played lousy for two decades, his technique never improved. Then one day he got hold of a masterful neighbor who taught him how to play, hit top spins, do spin serves, hit chops. He participates in amateur tournaments now and does fairly well.

[Apocryphon → ayanb]

It's always good to remember that ten years' worth of experience and repeating the one year of experience ten times are not the same thing.