[scarecrowbob]

To be honest, I think that the process is something like:

I struggle with problems and eventually find a solution,

I encounter a name for a similar solution,

as I encounter new, similar problems, I begin to recognize "how the model works",

I forget about the model when I don't use it,

occasionally I come across a list like this one where it's fun becasue it validates the usefulness of the models I've already found and introduces me to new names for ones I already have encountered.

I don't feel that a list like this is super useful to me outside of that framework-- I wouldn't take it as a "study guide".

But I feel that framework has given me a lot of personal validation and pointers on how to better deal with problems I encounter.