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Re:Being a "Great Coder" and 10000 Hours by kiba on Friday December 23, 2011 @10:02AM (#3385870)
Skills get rusty. What you learn today you will forget tomorrow, unless you use them in some way.
Re:Being a "Great Coder" and 10000 Hours by mattdeboard on Friday December 23, 2011 @05:18PM (#3387464)
This is so true, and manifests so sharply/painfully when I go to refresh my very nascent skills in Clojure. I've learned the same material so many times. It's a bummer.