A couple of days ago I had a conversation with a friend who is learning to program.
We were talking about the difficulty of remembering what each concept means and what every keyword does. The conversation eventually led to this question:
Ok, but when will I stop needing the docs?
This week's article will be a bit shorter than usual. In the last month we discussed what I consider to be the most important topics on Pragmatic Learning and Thinking, by Andy Hunt.
We discussed things like the Dreyfus Model, L-mode/R-mode brain operation modes, better ways of learning and
We tend to think of our brains as infallible logical machines with perfect memory and absolute rationality. We couldn't be more wrong: it doesn't matter how educated or intelligent we are, there are inherent flaws in our brains we just can't get rid of.
This has nothing to do with
Learning is an important activity in almost any context. We humans need to acquire new knowledge and skills to face the challenges we find in our lives, no matter where we live or what we do.
This is especially true for knowledge workers like engineers or software developers. The work
In the previous article, we discussed two different brain operation modes. While not a literal representation of what's going on in our brain, it's still a useful tool when thinking about how our brain processes things.
On one hand, we have L-mode: linear, logical, abstract and in charge of verbal