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Re:Things I’ve learned in my 20 years as a software engineer by ferrumfist on Friday October 08, 2021 @12:05PM (#28800804)
Talent is used as a label by someone who doesn't understand the practice involved in the given craft.

No one wakes up and paints a masterpiece. It takes years and years of hard work and studying to get to a point before you can even get close to masterpiece level.

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Re:Things I’ve learned in my 20 years as a software engineer by yibg on Saturday October 09, 2021 @02:04AM (#28807432)
But conversely, most people will never produce a masterpiece regardless of how long they spend at it.
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