1. Find a problem you want to solve
  2. Implement solution A
  3. Walk away, as the problem is solved
  4. 6 months later, run into problem again, but in a different context
  5. Implement solution B, cause you're 6 months better at Perl and wince whenever you remember solution A
  6. Repeat 4 or 5 times, wincing less and less cause solution E is only marginally better than solution D
  7. Log onto PM and realize that others have solution M.
  8. Cry for a while because it's so elegant and simple
  9. Rewrite 3 years of code to use solution M
  10. Realize you didn't understand solution M at all
  11. Cry for a longer while cause you just introduced 10 new bugs and hadn't backed up your code
  12. Rewrite again, using solution F, which takes what little you understand of solution M and grafts it onto solution E
  13. Read PM again in 6 months and realize you not only do understand solution M, but found a better way!
  14. Dance around your cube for an even longer while (gotta make up for all that crying!)
  15. Post solution N and get 100 XP for being cool
  16. Delete 3.5 years of code cause it's all worthless crap that a module you just wrote with solution N does it all, and more
  17. Go on with your life.

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In reply to Iterative learning... by dragonchild
in thread Too Many Ways To Do It by George_Sherston

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