He says: That taught me to let potential problems pile up. Listening the way I do leaves me with far more of them than I could possibly solve, and not all deserve action. Most don’t need to turn into projects the first time I hear about them; waiting can be a superpower.

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9dev 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yes. He also says: “How do you find problems worth working on?” a senior engineer I mentor asked me recently. My point is that I'm working in a whole different environment, and the challenge - to me - is never finding interesting problems to solve, but identifying the most important problem out of a large pool of known problems.

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hyperhello 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

“Can be a superpower” is so empty. What does that mean outside of trying to proliferate some cliche?

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aleksiy123 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Just means it can be powerful or useful technique that can feel “magical” when employed.

I wouldn’t overthink this.

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hyperhello 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Not overthinking can be a superpower, but writing eloquently can be a superpower, and not trailing cliches behind your pen can be a superpower.

	▲	xandrius an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Now everyone is a bloody writing critic and everything is a piece of master literature that needs to be criticised as such.