Re:Closing Keynote with Leslie Lamport at Scale 22x: Coding ...
by WillAdams on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @01:19PM
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Or, to channel an old martial arts conceit:
>There are masters of a thing, and then there are masters of a thing.
Where the difference is, some folks can do, but can't teach/communicate what they do or how they do it, while other folks have both mastered a skill, and are able to raise others up in how to also learn that skill.
My guitar-playing friend also would wear out cassette tapes and records playing back specific sequences working out how they had been played, and perfecting his technique....
>There are masters of a thing, and then there are masters of a thing.
Where the difference is, some folks can do, but can't teach/communicate what they do or how they do it, while other folks have both mastered a skill, and are able to raise others up in how to also learn that skill.
My guitar-playing friend also would wear out cassette tapes and records playing back specific sequences working out how they had been played, and perfecting his technique....