Wrong problem

I am reading Programming Peals again. Wrote down some sentences that I think it is quite impressive, even it was 1999 book.

the programmer’s main problem was not so much technical as psychological: he could not make progress because he was trying to solve the wrong problem. We finally solved his problem by breaking through his conceptual block and solving an easier problem.

Conceptual blocks as ‘mental walls that block the problem-solver from correctly perceiving a problem or conceiving its solution.

this 2 sentences also inspired me that there are so many issues in our life that we can’t solve it, 90% is the concept which I did not know.

for example, I can’t solve the relationship and communication problem when I graduated, because I believe that all the IT project problem is only the technology problem, other does not matter. But after PMP training, I really understood I was totally wrong thinking when I was young, solve the project process is 9 domains problem included communication, human resources, scope, risk, stakeholder, cost, time domains.

Keep reading, keep Self-reflection

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