And given how many people did, it's worth considering that interpretation a bit more deeply.
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On the surface it seems straightforward - maybe even obvious. How could it be controversial to say "do something more to get better at it"?
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I have three points I want to make about this. The first is that this statement actually does not represent how human learning works.
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The second point: even if we assume the original poster knew how complex learning is, the context still makes the statement problematic.
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And the third point is that even if we acknowledge the complexities of learning AND discard the context, it's still bad advice.
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I'm not going to spend much time on the first point. The complexities of human learning are well-documented.
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It matters a lot HOW you spend your practice time. For a complicated skill like programming, you generally need to be very intentional.
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Time alone is not sufficient; it has to be well-spent time, and figuring out what well-spent means for you is often not easy.
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In the software industry, most people are entirely unaware of how deep this topic goes.
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At best, they've heard the pop culture admonition to put in 10000 hours to get good at a skill, so they assume more time is better.
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the biggest WAT for me about the original tweet is ignoring the role of stress and downtime in human learning.
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