Teller (of Penn & Teller) once said that magic is sometimes just spending more time on something than any normal person thinks is reasonable
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There are huge, huge swathes of expertise where six weeks of obsession makes you indistinguishable from someone who knows the field.
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Maybe not brain surgery, but there are a lot of interesting and useful things that aren't brain surgery.
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If you can program in any language then, starting today, you can have written a functioning C compiler in six weeks. It's not magic.
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Revenue recognition rules. O-1 visa eligibility criteria and hacks thereof. Self-employed tax returns in Japan. NSQ. SaaS pricing strategy.
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It is my impression that if you spend 6 weeks working hard on one of those you'll Well Actually a credentialed expert in broader field.
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If you don't mind answering - what other topics have you done this for in the past?
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The list of things I know in more detail than credit reporting mechanics is hopefully longer than fits in a tweet.
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Blaise Pascal, had the concept of "Honnête Homme" (gentleman in the translation). Here's an excerpt from his 1670 "Pensées".pic.twitter.com/iJYgEvYMqd
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