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by mmjaa 3343 days ago
>> What is the hardest technical problem you have run into?

The hardest technical problems I've run into, have been mostly human; i.e. other people.

But, in the purest sense, I have to say that I have observed, on reflection, that the reason I am a technologically competent, adept, person, making a living by way of dark and serious mystery, is that I long ago decided that nothing would be hard. Just .. un-learned.

You see, it is a key factor of success that you, literally and otherwise, embrace the idea that you can't know everything.

So, know what you need. The hard things become easier the moment you do it, even the first time.

I know this sounds like compound nonsense, but I honestly had to give pause on this question. I'm a systems engineer with decades of experience in a multi-variate set of industrial categories, and relatively successful in my lot. This question made me really think - I couldn't think of the hardest things.

The hardest things, I haven't done yet. {But, on another thread, I'm serious about people being the hardest things about technology..}