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Re:Ten Percent of the Brain Myth by amelius on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @10:35AM (#32083349)
Not necessarily. You can become an expert in your self-defined programming language without putting in 10k hours.
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Re:Ten Percent of the Brain Myth by mminer237 on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @11:10AM (#32083779)
You probably need ~10k hours in programming in general. Just a lot of the skill transfers over in that case.
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Re:Ten Percent of the Brain Myth by SketchySeaBeast on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @12:26PM (#32084901)
The feels more like a violinist learning a new song, and in this case one they made up, rather than learning an entirely new skillset.
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