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Abstraction levels in engineering are like octaves for vocalists. I think I know maybe 2-3 engineers with a range greater than 3 levels/octaves. Mine is not even 1 full level/octave 🤣
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Familiarity and college level exam passing aren’t the same as practicing mastery at even a mediocre level. They just mitigate anxiety
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Doesn’t work that way from what I’ve seen. People are comfortable enough to technically discuss things with people at other home levels but not actually practice more than 2 levels away. Small differences overwhelm conceptual similarities. Skill decays to dangerously amateurish.
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I think you’re vastly overestimating the number and or capabilities of these supposed “true masters”. If anything I think I know far more of them than usual, which throws the average/median engineer’s limited range into sharp relief.
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There’s too much to do for the bandwidth of the top talent. This has been true since at least the 80s. Most tech that has succeeded at scale has done so by figuring out how to leverage what *average* talent can do.