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Re:Ask HN: How to get better at higher level thinking? by ge96 on Saturday January 28, 2023 @01:43PM (#34560242)
> very good intuitions

yeah that's it, I asked "why did you go the way you did"

> have a way of narrowing the problem so that regardless of the outcome of a step you're looking at smaller remaining set of possibilities

yeap... I have a bad habit of spiraling/panicking going in circles

> current system of thinking

> You're not going to be as good or better at everything even with time/effort.

Yeah ego, I just try not to reach out all the time... be self reliant but yeah days is too long.

Thanks

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Re:Ask HN: How to get better at higher level thinking? by karmakaze on Saturday January 28, 2023 @05:23PM (#34562632)
Glad some of it made some sense and could be applicable. TBH, I don't know how I got to be able to do what I can now, other than have decades of first-hand, trial and error experience and opportunities to work with people much smarter/experienced than me.

Edit: one thing that I've been finding lately is talking things out, whether with other sr or even some jr devs, can make discoveries or uncover avenues to look into that I wouldn't have come up with on my own. So just because you reach out, it doesn't mean they can give you "the answer" but you can find one together.

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Re:Ask HN: How to get better at higher level thinking? by ge96 on Sunday January 29, 2023 @02:37AM (#34565809)
not rubber duck debugging but yeah I get ya
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