How do you improve your skills as a software engineer?
@david_perell & @andy_matuschak discussed how athletes train to hone their craft
Why don't devs do this?
Athletes have three advantages:
1. Immediate feedback
2. Rapidly practice SPECIFIC skills
3. Coaches

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Have been going deep on this topic in last year but focused on CEOs/Investors. Would love to explore the engineer angle further. Can you share thread links that you are referencing? Also, if you haven’t already checkout “Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise” book
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Nice, thanks for the recommendation This was the podcast which sparked this line of thought: https://www.perell.com/podcast/andy-matuschak … And here's more that David Perell wrote on the topic:https://www.perell.com/blog/learn-like-an-athlete …
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Some more in this vein…https://notes.andymatuschak.org/z4qhD8UwNAmJDdJUC36BUGp5PEUfgfzZXvkhB …
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ryan Retweeted Dan Luu
ryan added,
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Oh, I didn't realize Andy had given https://notes.andymatuschak.org/z5opHsGrNmCib7YQfLv6XbYURzZgZmx4Mrh5y … and written https://notes.andymatuschak.org/z4qhD8UwNAmJDdJUC36BUGp5PEUfgfzZXvkhB?stackedNotes=z5opHsGrNmCib7YQfLv6XbYURzZgZmx4Mrh5y … when I wrote https://danluu.com/p95-skill/ , but I think we're thinking along the same lines (although I may be a bit more longwinded).
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I don’t believe these notes were public when your essay was out. I appreciated the practicality of your piece.
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We need more concrete examples and less hand-waiving as per your linked (above) tweet.
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