Re:Ask HN: Can't seem to remember basic things, should I giv...
by kowdermeister on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @12:53PM
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> I need to keep on relearning basic concepts I should have at the top of my head.
Who says you should? As an engineer you are a problem solver and not a hard drive to store every step of an algorithm. You seem to know what pieces fit together but struggle with the details, but that's fine. It's not a negative thing, you are just a bit hard on yourself. If you don't use a concept regularly, you are naturally bound to forget it. I can now confidently write xmlhttprequest and fetch without quick googling :)
> When I compare myself to my colleagues
Don't do that, that's a way to depression and anxiety. They are probably suffering too you just don't notice it.
Who says you should? As an engineer you are a problem solver and not a hard drive to store every step of an algorithm. You seem to know what pieces fit together but struggle with the details, but that's fine. It's not a negative thing, you are just a bit hard on yourself. If you don't use a concept regularly, you are naturally bound to forget it. I can now confidently write xmlhttprequest and fetch without quick googling :)
> When I compare myself to my colleagues
Don't do that, that's a way to depression and anxiety. They are probably suffering too you just don't notice it.