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by ChrisMarshallNY 1967 days ago
Yup. Also, unwillingness to learn, which, to me, is a crime.

Learning is difficult; maybe because it starts with admission of ignorance.

Most of my work, these days, is a ghastly chimera of techniques, from 30 years ago, grafted onto patterns from 30 minutes ago. Real Victor Frankenstein stuff.

It seems to work, though.

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> Learning is difficult

But not insurmountable. In my own experience, all it takes is a small amount of consistent effort each day. I've learned a few programming languages that I use regularly like this, I learned sleight of hand card magic like this and most recently, I've learned to play guitar like this. This year, I hope to learn Spanish like this too. Many people don't want to put consistent regular effort in and are looking for shortcuts. That doesn't work.

> a ghastly chimera of techniques

Well, yeah, the right tool for the job, right? But it does work, so...