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Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years

The text discusses the misconception of quickly learning programming in a short time, emphasizing that true expertise takes about ten years of dedicated practice and learning. It highlights the importance of hands-on experience, interacting with other programmers, and working on various projects to become a skilled programmer. The text emphasizes that mastering programming requires practical application, learning from others, and continuous practice over time.

Copying Better: How To Acquire The Tacit Knowledge of Experts

The text discusses how to acquire expert intuition, known as tacit knowledge, through emulation and apprenticeship. Naturalistic Decision Making (NDM) research helps extract and teach expert judgment using methods like Cognitive Task Analysis and the recognition-primed decision making model. Experts rely on implicit memory and pattern recognition to make rapid assessments and decisions, which can be challenging to verbalize.

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