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> "You want to be a surgeon but don't have the experience?"

Well, what do surgeons have to do beforehand? Study. This is no different. Most of tech doesn't require fine coordination motor skills that need to be trained in practice, so this comparison is way off.

Also, like the excerpt you quoted says, "you won't be an expert" after reading the guide. A surgeon is an expert by any definition.



Study, train, shadow, and intern for 11-13 years.


That's in our terms a Director of Engineering. In medicine it's just a fresh grad.


They study for the job, not the interview.




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