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Re:Compounding Knowledge by yetihehe on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @08:53AM (#19095029)
If you know what to google for. It happened many times to me that I was unable to even know what/how to search for something or didn't know someone already solved that problem in ingenious ways and every specialist knew that, but I wasn't a specialist.

I'm a programmer but when I watch machining videos on YT I discover solutions to problems I've never thought would exist.

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Re:Compounding Knowledge by Kye on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @09:38AM (#19095339)
This is circle of competence, another common topic on Farnam Street. It's knowing what you don't know so you can find out rather than puff up and fake it.
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Re:Compounding Knowledge by collyw on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @09:26AM (#19095247)
Ok, that's true when you are in a new domain and don't know the terminology well enough to google effectively.
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