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		yoshyosh on Dec 2, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I just need a programmer Ive read it takes about 6 months. To be honest a lot of it is about deliberate practice rather than just 'getting in the hours'

rndmcnlly0 on Dec 3, 2010 | [–]

"Deliberate practice" is, in fact, what Gladwell is saying the 10,000 hours should measure.

super9 on Dec 7, 2010 | [–]

You mean it just takes a fixed amount of time to internalise yourself with a new field of study just like anything else? And for programming that lead time is about 6 months to get up to speed?

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