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Re:A career ending mistake by hinkley on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @02:29PM (#30432446)
I knew a guy who achieved I think a 3 dan status in Go having started somewhere north of 45 yo, which the common wisdom says can’t be done.

It’s always a matter of finding internal motivation. We get better at talking ourselves out of it as we get older.

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Re:A career ending mistake by asdfman123 on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @04:33PM (#30434160)
I think you just get less hungry for learning/skill acquisition when you're older. When you're in school it feels vitally important to learn/get good at X. But as an adult it's much easier to take it or leave it.
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