[HN Gopher] "It never gets easier, you just go faster." (2020)
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"It never gets easier, you just go faster." (2020)
Author : mooreds
Score : 25 points
Date : 2024-03-29 05:18 UTC (17 hours ago)
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| lormayna wrote:
| Love the Greg Lemond's citation!
| bionsystem wrote:
| The quote is great, but I feel like in CS it does get easier
| with time, unless one is switching project/specialty and even
| then, with more maturity, one has learned to learn, and
| mastering other parts of the stack (or other stacks entirely)
| makes it faster to build analogies and spot differences.
| koromak wrote:
| I feel like it gets easier and _slower_. Obviously not at
| first, but a decade or two in? Once you start knowing all of
| those things you didn 't know, you realize just how much
| consideration is required for every decision.
| JohnFen wrote:
| If I notice that it's getting easier with time, I take that
| as a sign that I'm not doing challenging enough work.
| scotty79 wrote:
| > It never gets easier, you just go faster.
|
| It's why I never stuck with exercise. It sucks and keeps
| sucking no matter how long you are doing it.
| jdechko wrote:
| I mean, he was a professional athlete, so that's kind of the
| point he was making. As you progress in fitness, it sucks
| less which means your body has adapted and you can go faster/
| harder/ longer.
| maxverse wrote:
| This is really nicely written and packed with very useful advice
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