> they have a great intuition about which frustrations are worth pushing through
I agree that keeping a global view while working on the local is a great ability to have, and a lack of it will create nightmarish frustrations as projects become larger. But you're saying that great hackers still have frustrations, which is what I took issue with. Your "mediocre" hacker also seems to be extremely capable, when working in the local.
I agree that keeping a global view while working on the local is a great ability to have, and a lack of it will create nightmarish frustrations as projects become larger. But you're saying that great hackers still have frustrations, which is what I took issue with. Your "mediocre" hacker also seems to be extremely capable, when working in the local.