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Refusing to Stand on the Shoulders of Giants

by dr__mario on 10/22/21, 5:02 AM with 3 comments

• by dr__mario on 10/22/21, 5:09 AM

  Hi HN! I'm one of the HN lurkers: I read you a lot but haven't had the courage to join the conversations (which is something I want to start doing).

  I'm submitting my article here with the hope of starting a healthy debate around something that, to be honest, I'm not sure if it's more prevalent in Spain (where I am from), or specifically the companies I've worked for: why do people start trying to solve something without checking previous work on the topic?

  Have I been hanging "with the wrong crowd"? Am I missing positive aspects for doing that?