mashelenn
@mashelenn
Put the question differently.
Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
I’m confused by I would love for you to @saymore about your process here 😩
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Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
⭐ Threadstarter
“What is it you do to train that is comparable to a pianist practicing scales?”
This is my fav Cowenism and I would like to hear from y’all on your answers to this
(will reply with mine in a bit)
Daniel Lombraña
@teleyinex.eth
Really interesting. I would say coding every single day. Even on holidays. I need to build to learn so my way to deal with this is coding. One example is my journey in web3:
Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
Thanks for sharing - excited to dive in.
Do you have a queue of stuff you’re trying to learn or just decide what to do every day?
jmon.eth
@jmon
Laboratory techniques are my practice and the data output reports on my performance.
Knowledge-wise: reading papers, making connections between them, going deeper into precedent findings, etc.
Related:
Carlos Matallín
@matallo.eth
I’m always interviewing even if I’m not interested in a new position. I also paused for a minute if I wanted to share this publicly
not a wrapper
@na
Do all successful pianists practice scales consistently? Will the notion of a successful pianist change in a way that requires less practicing? Knowledge work tends to be more volatile than piano work.
That said, I think my train runs on the pursuit of enchantment.
Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
fascinating! Probably good advice for anyone as long as you're not distracting yourself with the processes.
What earned secrets have you learned about interviewing??
Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
I think any successful pianists (or substitute in your favorite physical space atom manipulator archetype here) does "something like" practicing scales because that's how to develop the mind/muscle connection to actually perform live
Ofc not everyone performs live, but its a good proxy for async speed of execution too
Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
What does pursuit of enchantment mean?
Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
Lab techniques like what? Super interesting framing here
Yash Karthik
@yashkarthik
I code everyday and write almost everyday.
Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
Is there direction/structure in this?
not a wrapper
@na
To track and navigate towards where new and personally meaningful knowledge appear. If such a place is out of sight, this turns into creating the place.
not a wrapper
@na
I die slowly without enchantment.
Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
that's nice 🫡
Yash Karthik
@yashkarthik
Not much
For coding, I've got a list of ideas and I just build them. Learning theoretical stuff as I need to. Like recently I've been reading a lot about bit, byte level theory.
For writing, I used to write notes on blog posts i liked. I still do that, but I've been writing more short stories recently
Devin Elliot
@notdevin.eth
Oh man, so many things on a daily basis I do because of what it takes to excel in any sport
When I learned to paraglide, 1st question I had for my teacher was, what does everyone avoid doing that the best always do? He told me “learn to kite” meaning fly the wing on the ground, don’t focus on getting in the air
Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
Can you expand on that??
Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
Fascinating - thanks for sharing 🫡
Devin Elliot
@notdevin.eth
My simple heuristic is that the mind seems to resist the idea of practice, I’d say yoga conveys this message almost explicitly. When inside voice expresses resistance towards it, that’s where I know to double down. Don’t want to write code today? Great, time to go write some, any, even a little, break the mind
Yash Karthik
@yashkarthik
Of course
aerique
@aerique.eth
Interesting, although I'm not sure if it works the same way for knowlegde workers.
I'd be interested in what writers do, or other creatives. Then again what defines a succesful writer?
Also, knowlegde workers also come in all kinds. Does one churn out template websites for clients, or code new stuff?
Michael Paler
@mhpaler
Checkin’ ma feed on Warpcast.
Backseats
@backseats
Related: warming up is severely underrated and overlooked
Devin Elliot
@notdevin.eth
Equivalent to that resistance to go to the gym and you come up with plenty of rational excuses, those are the moments to fight back the hardest, you can establish new patterns with those moments. Make a personal rule you’ll go to the gym and walk in, lift one thing and you can leave, you’ll always do more
Devin Elliot
@notdevin.eth
Practice creates compounding returns through repetition, we’re bad at noticing compounding returns because that exists and as a distribution of weighted returns over time and we’re naturally rather bad at such things
Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
ooh how do you apply that outside of fitness?
Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
ofc there's always a categorization and definitional issue, yet given the assumptions that:
1. People CAN be better than other people at tasks (conveying their ideas, attracting audiences, etc)
2. People CAN improve at things over time through the concept of something related to the notion of practice
wdyt about it?
Backseats
@backseats
What can you do to pit your mind and body in a programming mindset or a design mindset, etc.?
I’ll write some throwaway lines of code or start messing around in a figma just to get the juices flowing
Backseats
@backseats
For me, it’s making a to do list, putting on some music, blocking distracting content, putting my phone away. If warming up is fundamentally about creating an environment to do work, then what’s the work before the work
jmon.eth
@jmon
Most generally, micro-level it comes down to transferring liquids to different containers tbh. My accuracy and precision carried out over multiples processes impacts the quality of and confidence in the data.
Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
Dude this might be the funniest explanation of research science I’ve ever read
jmon.eth
@jmon
Macro-level, compounding experience from experimental reps helps inform the next tests to run to figure out what we need to figure out.
jmon.eth
@jmon
I sometimes joke I got a PhD in pouring and transferring liquids.
Like I am eminently qualified at knowing how to mix solutions together to create value.
Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
I love that I got the chance to cast this today 🫡🫡🫡
aerique
@aerique.eth
Yes, you're right.
I guess if you're working full-time as a software developer you're not much different from an athlete doing her job?
When going over and beyond the call of duty like LeBron James in the article that requires a different kind of person. Even in athletics there's not a lot of them.
osama
@osama
1-dimensional human answer:
always learning the latest programming language/paradigm/framework/pattern just enough to know what it offers under the hood. I’m a product person, not engineer since some years now
Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
Dude having a brain full of useful pointers is awesome
osama
@osama
my brains got an automatic reference counter
Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
There’s an excellent self deprecating “garbage collector” joke in here that I can’t figure out right now 😩
Daniel Lombraña
@teleyinex.eth
I usually have a list of things. Last one has been coding zkSnarks, so I could understand everything from point to point. Now diving more into proof of humanity for avoiding Sybil attacks.
Daniel Lombraña
@teleyinex.eth
I have been using obsidian a lot lately for my writing and ideas .
Carlos Matallín
@matallo.eth
Interviewing skills are different from actual job skills, and every company process is different, but it throws light on what companies are looking for and trends
Maybe Im Wasabi〽️
@maybeimwasabi
Fascinating
Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
What’s hot rn?
Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
After a thorough review of my own habits today, I’ve decided I’m not actually being intentional about practicing things - I’m just doing stuff.
Will report back after a redesign 🫡
Carlos Matallín
@matallo.eth
Obviously AI, the last one asked me about microfrontends.
tldr (tim reilly)
@tldr
Love this framework!! 🤝 thx
As a product CEO, I’m gonna try the following:
+Automating st with gpt (3x / wk)
+Formally talking w users (3x / wk)
+Formally pitching “b2b” (1x / wk)
Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
this is a good list 🫡
Any lessons learned already?
Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
super interesting
Mark
@markfishman
+1 to this
Wouldn’t say I’m *always doing this though (I just started a new job in Jan)
But I firmly believe in keeping your door slightly open
mashelenn
@mashelenn
I generate ideas.
It used to happen all the time.
I want to get back to that state where I see ideas everywhere.
It helps to be in constant search and to notice the little things.
That doesn't mean I put everything into action. I'm practicing so I don't miss an opportunity at the right moment.
Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
How do you record them?
mashelenn
@mashelenn
I generate ideas.
It used to happen all the time.
I want to get back to that state where I see ideas everywhere.
It helps to be in constant search and to notice the little things.
That doesn't mean I put everything into action. I'm practicing so I don't miss an opportunity at the right moment.
mashelenn
@mashelenn
Did you connect the bot to the comments?)
Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
Saymore??
ChrisCoCreated
@chriscocreated
I play - as in be playful, without attachment to the outcome (as much as possible). I do improv, I’m foolish in public, I’m silly with my family and friends.
mashelenn
@mashelenn
Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't understand you 🥹🙏 Okay, I'll write down how I do it.